150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 APRIL 1874
This week's stories include the repulsive burglar of Raglan Street, the battered wife whose retaliation against her husband led to her court case being dismissed, the creation of Bold Colliery, the County Court case in which a man's admission that he had beaten his wife was seen as a positive thing and newspaper adverts for a moderate curate, respectable girls to pack washing powder and the services of a billposter.