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first member of criminal "class. " "fine body of men, the per-leece!"
second ditto. "uncommon fine! - it's lucky for hus as there's sech a bloomin' few on 'em!!!"
"i have to observe that the metropolitan police have not large reserves doing nothing and ready to meet emergencies; but every man has his duty assigned to him, and i can only strengthen the whitechapel district by drawing men from duty in other parts of the metropolis. " - sir charles warren's statement. "there is one policeman to every seven hundred persons. " - vide recent statistics. Date: 13 October 1888. Whitechapel 1888
