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Foreign News
April 17, 1752
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
On January 25, a drunken sea-officer in London's Strand challenged people to box and was robbed of his laced clothes by two sharpers during a staged fight.
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Jan. 26.
Yesterday Morning a Sea-Officer coming through the Strand, who had been drinking freely, was very quarrelsome, and challenged many People to box, but at last coming up with two Sharpers, who thought him a proper Object for their Purpose, one of them join'd Battle with him, and the other held the Cloaths of both the Combatants, who was quite young, and seem'd fond of his lac'd Cloaths, and to the pretended Concern, or rather Satisfaction of his Companion, he found an Opportunity of carrying them off, to the real Grief of the Officer.
Yesterday Morning a Sea-Officer coming through the Strand, who had been drinking freely, was very quarrelsome, and challenged many People to box, but at last coming up with two Sharpers, who thought him a proper Object for their Purpose, one of them join'd Battle with him, and the other held the Cloaths of both the Combatants, who was quite young, and seem'd fond of his lac'd Cloaths, and to the pretended Concern, or rather Satisfaction of his Companion, he found an Opportunity of carrying them off, to the real Grief of the Officer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Street Crime
Pickpocketing
What keywords are associated?
Strand
Sea Officer
Sharpers
Robbery
Boxing
Drunken Quarrel
What entities or persons were involved?
Sea Officer
Two Sharpers
Where did it happen?
The Strand
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
The Strand
Event Date
Yesterday Morning [Jan. 26]
Key Persons
Sea Officer
Two Sharpers
Outcome
officer robbed of his laced clothes
Event Details
A drunken sea-officer challenged people to box in the Strand and fought one sharper while the other stole his clothes under pretense of holding them.