Punch: Punch (17.1849)

USEFUL SUNDAY LITERATURE FOR THE MASSES ;

OR, MURDER MADE FAMILIAR.

Father of a Family {reads). "The wretched Murderer is supposed to have cut the throats of his three eldest Children, and then to have
killed the Baby by beating it repeatedly with a Poker. ***** Xn person he is of a rather bloated appearance, with a bull neck,
small eyes, broad large nose, and coarse vulgar moulh. His dress was a light blue coat, with brass buttons, elegant yellow summer -vest,
and pepper-and-salt trowsers. "When at the Station House he expressed himself as being rather 'peckish,' and said he should like a BlacJi
Pudding, which, with a Cup of Coffee, was immediately procured for him."