Punch,  59 (1870), 260.

Police Tyranny

C K *

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

C K *

Subjects:

Class, Crime, Sanitation


    Shows a line of dirty tramps slouching against a wall outside a police station. A policeman picks on one 'obtrusive tramp', asks him why he's 'shoving himself in before these poor people out o' your turn', and tells him that unless he stands back he 'shall have such a wash'.



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