| Description Of Item | Cutting of newspaper article detailing the abuse of a young boy by his father, and the subsequent behaviour of the boy including animal abuse and thievery. The earliest published version of this article appeared in The Standard (London) on 1 August 1864 and was subsequently reproduced in various newspapers across the United Kingdom. The exact source of this cutting is unknown, but the text is identical to the original.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |