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amount of liberty which is extremely detrimental to quiet 

 folk. I^read in the Police Reports of this morning's (3rd 

 November 1899) paper, that " Joseph Walters, a painter, 

 said that about a quarter past twelve on Sunday morning he 

 was crossing Meymott Street, Blackfriars Road, towards a 

 small crowd, when he was knocked down and kicked in the 

 face. He was taken to the hospital, and did not wish to 



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FIG. 44 Roadways across the Neva in Winter. 



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give his address, as he was afraid of being further assaulted. 

 He believed prisoner was the man who attacked him. 

 Lovejoy stated that a crowd was surrounding a constable, 

 who was trying to take to the station a man whom the crowd 

 was trying to rescue. Someone in the crowd struck the 

 constable in the neck, and witness rushed up and knocked 

 the man down, and helped the constable for a short distance. 

 When he turned to go home he was knocked down and 



