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August 7, 1868
The Wheeling Daily Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In London, a new robbery tactic involves daylight street assaults where thieves stab victims and accomplices steal wallets amid crowds, evading police. Recent cases alarm the public; the Recorder has issued severe sentences to deter such crimes.
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A New Method of Robbery
A London correspondent of the Montreal Gazette writes that the new method of robbery is a sudden bold attack in daylight in the open street. Anyone acquainted with London knows that a row in a thoroughfare, though it collects a mob, rarely leads to any interference if a policeman is not by. Relying on this, the London highwayman makes a dig at the stomach or face of some person against whom he has run, at the same time handing his wallet to an accomplice who bolts with it. The number of such cases which have recently occurred is exciting considerable alarm. To be knocked about and robbed in Fleet street at noon, exceeds in belief and in fact the old watchman days-or the 'prentice riots, which were at least confined to dusk. A case having come before the Recorder of London, he has passed such heavy sentences on the ruffians as will very likely be a lesson to their mates.
A London correspondent of the Montreal Gazette writes that the new method of robbery is a sudden bold attack in daylight in the open street. Anyone acquainted with London knows that a row in a thoroughfare, though it collects a mob, rarely leads to any interference if a policeman is not by. Relying on this, the London highwayman makes a dig at the stomach or face of some person against whom he has run, at the same time handing his wallet to an accomplice who bolts with it. The number of such cases which have recently occurred is exciting considerable alarm. To be knocked about and robbed in Fleet street at noon, exceeds in belief and in fact the old watchman days-or the 'prentice riots, which were at least confined to dusk. A case having come before the Recorder of London, he has passed such heavy sentences on the ruffians as will very likely be a lesson to their mates.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Daylight Robbery
Street Attack
Wallet Theft
Heavy Sentences
What entities or persons were involved?
Recorder Of London
Where did it happen?
London, Fleet Street
Story Details
Key Persons
Recorder Of London
Location
London, Fleet Street
Story Details
A new method of robbery in London involves sudden bold attacks in daylight on open streets, where thieves exploit crowds to avoid interference, stabbing victims and stealing wallets via accomplices. Such cases are alarming, and the Recorder of London has imposed heavy sentences on perpetrators.