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The Repression of "Scuttling,'
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FACTION fights, looally known as "acuttling,"
which in Manchester and the neighbourhood
have become a serious public danger, in
duced a deputation to wait upon the Home
Secretary on December 12, urging him to
strengthen the law for dealing with this
class of crime. Mr. Matthews said that he
would be glad to see the demands of the
deputation put into shape, and a legal defini
tion of "scuttling" given, but in the present
mood of the House of C'ommons he could
hold out no hope of being able successfully
to propose flogging to cheek the offence.
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