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W. T. Stead, (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 8, 1885) INTRODUCTION The advocates of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill are constantly met by two mutually destructive assertions. On one side it is declared that the raising of the age of consent is entirely useless, because there are any number of young prostitutes on the streets…
W. T. Stead (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 7, 1885) INTRODUCTION I described yesterday a scene which took place last Derby day, in a well known house, within a quarter of a mile of Oxford-circus. It is no means one of the worst instances of the crimes that are constantly perpetrated in London, or even…
INTRODUCTION In ancient times, if we may believe the myths of Hellas, Athens, after a disastrous campaign, was compelled by her conqueror to send once every nine years a tribute to Crete of seven youths and seven maidens. The doomed fourteen, who were selected by lot amid the lamentations of the citizens, returned no more….
New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6751, 7 July 1883, Page 2 (Supplement) At the Stafford assizes Thomas Mayos andMary Elizabeth Mayos, his wife, were in-dicted for the wilful murder of a daughter ofthe former by a previous marriage. The manis a gardener. 42 years of age, whilst thewoman’s age given as 30, though sheappeared…
Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2665, 9 April 1883, Page 3 Wellington, Saturday night.—Whilsta gasman named Joseph Bates, employedat Apley Castle, near Wellington, Salop,was looking for ducks’ eggs on Fridayafternoon by the side of a large pool infront of the mansion, his attention wasdrawn by his dog to a bundle in thewater. Upon taking it…