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Savage battle ends with murders and arrests in London
The report recounts a brutal street conflict in which two bands clashed in a ring, a large number of Irishmen attacking English combatants with hidden weapons, several killed and many wounded. Subsequent crime notes include muggings and a murder at Clapham Commons. Married and deceased notices follow with multiple names and places.
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Stratford
Hington
Dell’s
Poand
Bagnigge-Wells
Welch
Tilbury
Southwark
Clapham Commons
Earl of Warwick
Miss Vincent
Francis Vincent
County of
Surry
Druggitt
Dorking
Jeremiah Marka Tind
Peter House
Gambriese
Stratton-Grounds
Westminster
John Burnham
Lapidary
Hackreys
Saraly Durette
Daugheter
Arnaud Durette
Venices
Epsom
Sarah Blaprove
Lagrove
Copin
White Har
Chippenham
Ralph Haie Gaby
Day
Robert Armitstead
Francis Phipot
Banksde
Guildhall
London
William Hyde
Holywellstreet
Paris
Clement Danes
Middlesex
Mewer
Gunldhal
Bankicupts
Robert Wyatt
Woolwich
Kent
Joseph Saunders
Cruiched-friary
John Wood
Leeds
Yorkshire
Thomas Davis
St James
Wattminster
William Wilison
St. Gerge
Christopher Ackrod
City of
York
Monty
Crivener
John Daniel Sallomeo
Great Grafton-street
Soho