The Times, July 9th 1908
A gang of four, two men and two women where brought before the Justice at Nottingham, on the 8th. They where charged with robbery and beating two men (Paxton and Bell) who had been looking for lodging after missing their train home for the night. The two men and spent the day in Nottingham and after discovering they had missed the train home decided to look for a room for the night in Nottingham. They where stopped by two women who told them they could show them where a room was to be had. Once there the women demanded money from the men, when they refused they called in the two men accused of the crime. All four set about the would be lodgers and robbed them of all their money.
Paxton and Bell suffered severe a beating to the face which included the loss of a tooth. After the attack they had been thrown from the house in semi unconscious condition.
One of the male attackers was sentenced to 18 months in prison while the other was to receive 18 lashes form the cat and six months. Both the women went to prison for nine months.
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