I love this news story from 1807, which throws some surprising light on how a Georgian prostitute/pickpocket might have gone about her business in a London pub. I wonder how many saw fit to actually swallow their earnings in an attempt to avoid detection? It certainly wasn't a particularly successful ruse for this woman...
"A prostitute was brought from St. Clement's watch house, charged with robbing a gentleman on Sunday night in the Strand, the Prosecutor not appearing, she was discharged.
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It was such a colorful century!
It really was.
She did seem rather inept!
She did indeed.