Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson 508. Six True Crime Stories from Victorian England, Told by My Dad
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Notorious Window Smasher
- Elizabeth Brooks, the "Notorious Window Smasher", stole French cloth.
- She was threatened with deportation to Australia if she reoffended.
Drunk Man in the Stocks
- Richard Savory, an extremely drunk man, was put in the stocks for six hours.
- This was a common punishment in Warwick during the 1850s.
Poor Lunatic Woman
- Eliza Walters, deemed a "poor lunatic woman," was committed to an asylum.
- Her husband claimed she was uncontrollable, possibly to get rid of her.