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VGW(DN.780.012
12 Feb 1780:13, 21 (53)
London. . . On Wednesday night, between the hours of eleven
and twelve, the neighbourhood of Catharine-street, Convent
Garden, was alarmed by the most piercing shrieks and cries
of murder, which issued from the first floor window of the
house of Mr. N. an attorney. The neighbourhood and
passengers being alarmed and entrance obtained, Mrs. N. was
discovered in a most bloody condition, . . . [11 lines] Mr.
Mahon, surgeon, of Russel-street, was sent for, who
expostulated with N. on his cruelty and dastardly attack on
a woman, and as frequently N. uttered his regrets, that he
had not killed her, and declared he should go to the gallows
with pleasure if he had, at the same time repeating some
lines from the Beggars Opera. . . [10 lines] The reason
for the cruelty we hear, was on account of Mrs. N's. having
received some money out of the country, for which she had
not accounted to her husband, and also for going to Colman's
theatre the same evening.
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