▁Law ▁Guard ians , ▁and ▁in ▁towns ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁strong ▁opposition ▁to ▁v acc ination , ▁sympath etic ▁Guard ians ▁were ▁elected ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁purs ue ▁pro sec utions . ▁This ▁was ▁changed ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁act , ▁which ▁required ▁Guard ians ▁to ▁act . ▁This ▁significantly ▁changed ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁the ▁public , ▁and ▁organized ▁protest s ▁increased . ▁In ▁Ke igh ley , ▁York shire , ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁were ▁arrested ▁and ▁briefly ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁York ▁Castle , ▁prompt ing ▁large ▁demonstr ations ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁" Ke igh ley ▁Seven ". ▁The ▁protest ▁movements ▁crossed ▁social ▁boundaries . ▁The ▁financial ▁bur den ▁of ▁fin es ▁fell ▁hard est ▁on ▁the ▁working ▁class , ▁who ▁would ▁provide ▁the ▁largest ▁numbers ▁at ▁public ▁demonstr ations . ▁Soci eties ▁and ▁publications ▁were ▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁middle ▁classes , ▁and ▁support ▁came ▁from ▁cele brit ies ▁such ▁as ▁George ▁Bernard ▁Shaw ▁and ▁Alfred ▁Russ el ▁Wal lace , ▁do ctors ▁such ▁as ▁Charles ▁Cre ight on ▁and ▁Ed gar ▁Cro ok sh ank , ▁and ▁parliament ari ans ▁such ▁as ▁Jacob ▁Bright ▁and ▁James ▁All anson ▁Pic ton . ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁with ▁over ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁pro sec utions ▁pending ▁in ▁Le ic ester , ▁a ▁mass ▁r ally ▁there ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁over ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁protest ers . ▁ ▁Under ▁increasing ▁pressure ,