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Police Reports Cruelty and Crime Across London
A long column details multiple cases including Elizabeth Bennett charged with pouring gin into an eight week old infant in Somerstown, omnibus driver Farriss found liable for damage and misconduct in Oxford Street, a disputed removal order in Islington, a fraudster posing as a charity collector, thefts and counterfeit coin cases in Queen Square, Robbery and murder suspicions, gas plug theft endangering the Ratcliffe area, and a series of fires and highway robberies near Broad Street, Camberwell and Chalk Farm with victims and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bennett
Somerstown
White’s Alley
Whitecross Street
Omninus
William Ffarris
Bill
Warburton
Richard Edwards
Bolton
Paddington
Oxford-street
Devy-street
John Burden
Cherry Cottage
Saint John’s Wood
Rushbury
Stockley
No. 15
Fish Streethill
Laing
Rawlinson
Thames Police
John Booth
Broderip
Ratcliffe Highway
Samuel Perkins
William Oswald
Ratcliffe Gas Light Company
Brederip
Ratcliffe Gas Company
Oswald
Gill
Hopkin
Simpson
Jutthew Pruce
Ballantine
John Younghusband
Wappingwall
Lower Shadwell
Pelham
Mrs
Younghusband
Coopers
Southampton
Southampton Mail
Lon Irty
London
Miss Smith
Cambervwell-grove
Champion-hill
Dulwich
Minories
Tower-hill
Jeffries Square
Seward
Protector
Frawn
Broad-street
Goldene Square
Chalk Farm
Park-street
Hampstead
Park Street
Arundel-street
Strand
Westminster Bridge
Parsloe
Kennington
Miss P