The New Newgate Calendar
the police magistrate
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tales from the Police courts of the metropolis
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19th century, London, police courts
Latest Posts
‘The weakness of the dangerous classes’: attitudes to poverty are at the heart...
This week I will begin teaching my third year module at Northampton which focuses on the Whitechapel Murders and East End... • posted 13 days ago
A light fingered minister is caught in the act
The reverend William Ogborne was an unexpected occupant of a police court dock when he appeared before Mr Tyrwhitt in early... • posted 18 days ago
A servant so drunk she could hardly stand up
We are now, thanks to Downton Abbey and (previously) Upstairs Downstairs pretty familiar with the dynamics... • posted 20 days ago
No happy ending for buttons in this East End pantomime
Throughout the history of crime the roles of ‘fences’ (receivers of stolen goods), pawnbrokers, and those involved... • posted 24 days ago