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At the Marylebone Police Office on Wednesday, a Jew of the Name of Maurice Woolf, Was Brought up on a Warrant Charged with Having Assaulted Mr. Lee, Printed, of 98, Crawford-Street

Item

Subject

Arrest of a Jewish man in the West End, London, on Crawford Street. 1833. Published in essay.

Description

Maurice Woolf, a Jewish man, assaulted Mr. Lee when Lee accused Woolf's wife of stealing a sheet from his kitchen. Lee detailed that Woolf was occupying a portion of Lee's house and claimed to be working as a tailor. Lee then discovered that Woolf was part of a gang of thieves and approached Woolf about the missing sheet. These events were documented in an essay called The Man. A Rational Advocate.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

Publisher

Nineteenth Century Collections Online, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6rXbE2

Date

1 September 1833

Contributor

Alex Ikard

Rights

Reproduced from Nineteenth Century Collections Online with permission from Gale.

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Citation

Anonymous, “At the Marylebone Police Office on Wednesday, a Jew of the Name of Maurice Woolf, Was Brought up on a Warrant Charged with Having Assaulted Mr. Lee, Printed, of 98, Crawford-Street,” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 6, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/25.