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Victorian Magistrate Orders Child Horse Thieves to be “Well Birched”
Stealing a horse during the 19th century was a serious crime. ...
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From Duels to Suicide: The Perils of Consorting with Cyprians
Often referred to as “Fair Cyprians” or “Dashing Cyprians” by Regency era newspapers, a Cyprian was, quite simply, a high-class prostitute....
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Kissing an Italian Greyhound: A 19th Century Attorney Cites the Law
An 1860 edition of England’s Bedfordshire Mercury reports a “curious scene” from Paris. ...
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Penny Dreadfuls, Juvenile Crime, and Late-Victorian Moral Panic
The 1840s ushered in an era of luridly illustrated gothic tales which were marketed to a working-class Victorian audience....
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The Dog’s Nursemaid: An 1840 Case at the French Police Correctionelle
A September 8, 1840 edition of London’s Morning Post reports the “humorous story” of a case that came before a French Police Correctionelle....
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The Scandalous Regency Era Criminal Conversation Case of Aston v. Elliot
Criminal conversation is a tort, long extinct, in which an aggrieved husband could make a claim for damages against the lover of his adulterous spouse....
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