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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Saith that she Lives Opposite to Higsons
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That she hath frequently heard the Child Cry
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outBy But neversaw either the Father
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the Child Came to Informants Shop
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That his Face from top to bottom seem'd
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Bruised and was blackAnd there
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was a scratch like on the left side of his Eye
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That Informant asked the Child what was
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the Child Coine out with a Chamber Pot to
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wash himselfAnd he seem'd to Stagger and
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as if he was DyingThe last time Informant
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Saw him was Saturday NightInformant
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Asked to See the Childhe Lay on Two Chairs
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with an Handkerchief over his Head
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