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Vagrant law and odd crimes in Westminster and London
A London newspaper item recounts a string of incidents including a drover killed by an ox near Monmouth firett, a money-hoarding beggar, a Tinker defrauding a farmer’s wife at Hanley, a sacramental oath swindle, and robberies near the Dog-horse bar Old-street. It notes magistrates’ plans to remove beggars and extend penalties under the Vagrant Act and calls for better Moorfields guard and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Timms
Monmouthfirett
St. Giles’s
Clement Dane
Westminster
Gloucesver
Hanley
Upton Upon Severn
Strickland
Bunhill-row
Old-street
Guildhall
Moorfields
Fois Day
Gs. Boud
Mills Lucinpa Countyney
Witte
Heneiir
Mills Coyryra Delour
Francis Noble
Epposite Gray
Noble
St. Martin’s Court
Teieoiter-Sydie
Monanay
Bartnes
He Woodfall
J. Fuller
B. Od
G. Woodfal
R. Baldwin
V. Johnttn
Crowder
B. Law
T. Jongman
T. Field
Fe Lownds
V ¥. Barhoe
Z Stuart
VW. Nicoll
J. Almon
Ogavo
W. Owens
H. Woondall
W. Strahan
Rivington
W- Johnston
M. Richardson
James
Sea Service
Newbery’s
Sunta-Se. Paul’s
Great Britan
Iseland