A hundred thousand pounds in gold
Came, at the Bank, to hand,
And much for discount there, behold!
Increased was the demand.
Police reports also could be embodied in song, as, for example:—
At Worship Street came Peter Fake, a young thief,
Charged with stealing a watch, unto summary grief.
For three months, with hard labour, committed was he,
And well whipped, in addition, was ordered to be.
The prisoner, on hearing his sentence, no doubt