Roguishness and vagabondery in Victorian Cambridge – 1851.

Summary: On news reporting of petty crimes – and attempts to combat it. Sources are from the British Newspaper Archive. Today it almost reads as if some of these were written for drama scripts – or certainly for public reading. The police courts were predecessor courts to magistrates courts. Much of the fun and games … Continue reading Roguishness and vagabondery in Victorian Cambridge – 1851.