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Case 2258

5. Letter from Beccles, Suffolk 16 March 1892

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[Crowfoot] that we had [no] power without Justices] order to detain the child, but that owners could detain his clothes. There is, I understand, good reason to believe that the woman Mrs. is still leading a dissolute life. It is totally untre that Miss Crowfoot of Beccles (who knows the woman well has influence on [?] has had much to do with the case from the beginning) I told Mrs. to fetch the child away, but it equally

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