150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (28 AUGUST - 3 SEPT 1873)
This week's stories include the exhausted nag made to haul 3 tons of sand up Croppers Hill, the failure of the new Licensing Act in St Helens, the Parr defamation case in which a bowl of vinegar was cast in a woman's face, the 13-year-old boy that was whipped and imprisoned for theft, the different court treatment for two different boot thieves and the Liverpool Road window smasher that had a heavy price to pay.