In the summer of 1897, Elizabeth Hurley of London was convicted of being drunk and disorderly in public. She was sentenced to seven days’ hard labour – but Hurley demanded a stiffer sentence on account of her “bad husband”:

Also dealt with at the same sessions was 12-year-old Alice Candy, who was remanded into the custody of her parents for stealing two shillings – and spending it on candy. Meanwhile, a Mr H. Stephens of Finchley was fined 20 shillings for allowing his fox terrier to roam unmuzzled.

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