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Fezzamy Tom and the Post Bully in Feud Tales
Observator and Country man discuss a London bully Fezzamy Tom who offers a challenge for money and uses smear campaigns. They describe dueling laws, a justice who flogged two girls, and public moral outrage while the troop debates who is the knave or fool of the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prithee
Teague
London
Feffamy
Tom
Stratford
White-Chappel
Dawson
Huff
Hector
House of Correction
England
Crething
Inns-of-Court