Police Case Extraordinary
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Anaesthesia, Medical Treatment, Government, Commerce, Crime |
Concerns 'Special Constable Punch's' charging of two lads, thinly-veiled representations of Robert Peel and Lord John Russell (the Prime Minister), for mugging John Bull with a chloroform-soaked cloth marked 'Repeal of the Window Tax'. | |
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