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Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts (version 2)

Name: Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts (version 2)
Author: Thomas Holmes

Thomas Holmes

Read by Peter Yearsley · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Chapter 1: How I became a police court missionary (30:43)
Chapter 2: In Lambeth police court (19:05)
Chapter 3: A change for the better (36:42)
Chapter 4: Husbands and wives (47:07)
Chapter 5: Parents and children (44:32)
Chapter 6: Record-breakers: Jane Cakebread (30:13)
Chapter 7: Record-breakers: Kate Henessey (50:17)
Chapter 8: Among dipsomaniacs (36:39)
Chapter 9: Criminals - part one (34:39)
Chapter 9: Criminals - part two (32:59)
Chapter 10: Cranks (43:06)
Chapter 11: The Arcadians and some account of the 'Gubbins' (17:37)
Chapter 12 - How the poor live - and die - part one (31:04)
Chapter 12 - How the poor live - and die - part two (28:59)
Chapter 13 - The problem of home workers (27:36)