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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 685

Crime and Punishment Prisons Northumberland 1834 entire letter from the High Court in Newcastle with printed interior relating to a debtor prisoner, Mrs. Mary Dixon; 1860 letter on paper with printed ´Chief Police Office, Newcastle-upon-Tyne´ heading – the content relating to a man, named only as ´Poth´, indicted for a debt of £30; 1892 official police statement form with printed ´Chief Constable´s Office…. South Shields´ heading – a fascinating document referring to the sad case of a woman, in charge of her young sister, accused of prostitution and theft. A most attractive group Estimate £ 200-250

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