had she property j person and the strand after midnight the police would not have interfered with her and she would have been able to pay for her lodging the following cases are from the police court reports for a single week � police court before and thomas charged with being drunk and and with a rescued a woman from kicked the and threw stones at him s d for the first offence and lor and costs for the assault queen s park police court before john pleaded guilty to his wife there were five previous convictions s county petty john painter a big fellow described as a charged with his wife the woman received two severe black eyes and her face was badly swollen � i including costs and bound over to keep the peace police court richard and george hunt charged with in search of game hunt � i and costs and costs in one month police court before the mayor mr a t carpenter thomas baker charged with sleeping out fourteen days central police court before edward a lad convicted of stealing fifteen a at the station seven days i the people of the abyss police court before and other james m charged under the act with being found in possession of implements and a number of � and costs or one month court before john young a pit head pleaded guilty to alexander by beating him about the head and body with his fists throwing him un the ground and also striking him with a pit � police court before pleaded guilty to a man by striking and knocking him down it was an assault and the magistrate described the accused as a perfect danger to the community ar court before the mayor messrs f j j f e and dr r joseph charged with charles without any provocation struck the a violent blow in the face knocking him down and then kicked him on the side of the head he was rendered unconscious and he remained under medical treatment for a fortnight ij court before david charged with there were two previous convictions the last being three years ago the was asked to deal with who was sixty two years of age and who offered no resistance to the four months court before hon substitute r c john and property i person james charged with and xi ea ch or fourteen days � or one month reading police court before messrs w b f b h m and g alfred masters aged sixteen charged with sleeping out on a waste piece of ground and having no visible means of seven days city petty before the mayor messrs c g e alexander and w james charged with stealing a pair of boots from outside a shop twenty one days police court before the rev w p the rev j and mr n george a young convicted of what the as an altogether and brutal assault upon james foster a man over seventy years of age � and j costs petty before messrs f j s r and s smith john charged with the rev who was drunk was a and pushed it in front of a with the result that the was and the baby in it thrown out the passed over the but the baby was then attacked the driver of the and afterwards the who remonstrated with him upon his conduct in consequence of the injuries inflicted had to consult a doctor j and costs west riding police court before messrs c and g and colonel i the people of the abyss thomas and samuel charged with one month each county police court before admiral j c mr h h and other henry charged with sleeping out seven days police court before major l b messrs r and h a and dr court joseph charged with stealing nine from a garden one month petty before messrs j b w d and m and george hall charged under the act with being found in possession of a number of and john charged with and them hall and � and j� js d including costs the former committed for fourteen days and the latter for one month in of payment south western police court london before mr rose john charged with doing grievous bodily harm to a prisoner had been kicking his wife and also another woman who protested against his the tried to persuade him to go inside his house but prisoner suddenly turned upon him knocking him down by a blow on the face kicking him as he lay on the ground and attempting to him finally the prisoner deliberately kicked the officer in a dangerous part an injury which will keep him off duty for a long time to come six weeks property person police court london before mr baby aged nineteen described as a chorus girl charged with obtaining food and lodging to the value of s by false and with intent to keeper of road prisoner took apartments at her house on the representation that she was employed at the crown theatre after prisoner had been in her house two or three days mrs made inquiries and finding the girl s story gave her into prisoner told the magistrate that she would have worked had she not had such bad health six weeks hard labor chapter xvii i d rather die on the high road under the open blue i d rather starve to death in the sweet air or drown in the brave salt sea or have one fierce glad hour of battle and then a bullet than lead ihe life of a in a hell and gasp my broken breath at la st on a s i stopped a moment to listen to an argument on the mile end waste it was night time and they were all workmen of the better class they had surrounded one of their 