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Little Syon

The premises of Harvey and Son at no 9 Ludgate Hill

'Water Cresses

Depicted against the sketched background of a street

The Habitual Criminal Cure mb-artistname Vikash don't you wish you'd been'The Habitual Criminal Cure', 1869. This cartoon refers to what might be called an early 'stop and search'. Recently, the Habitual Criminals Act passed through the House of Lords. The Act was designed to allow for the suppression of crime by 'old offenders' and authorised their summary apprehension upon any suspicion that they may be intending to commit a crime. Punch, ever on the side of law and order, fully approved this measure saying that, if the