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Kidnap Plot Spurs Outcry Over Parental Rights in Clerkenwell
A London scene unfolds as a man abducts a 20 year old youth from Red Lion Street Clerkenwell with a gang. The distressed father pleads to release the apprentice while witnesses describe the act as barbarous. The letter laments the power of law and calls for immediate restraint of violators to protect civil rights and safety.
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Redlion-street
Clerkenwell
Westminster
Great Britain
L—D.m
Guitt
Fach
Scotland
Ra M—nz
Butler
John Earl
Difant
19Th Regiment of Foot