HI318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Penal Labour, Criminal Type, Escape Attempt
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Hi 318: crime and sex in 19th century britain. No class this week due to case study. Bidwell"s face too well known to authorities to take a leading public role in this scheme, brother opened account under name f. a. Warren, posed as a entrepreneur financial building of american style railway cars in england, required payments to a man named c. j. Continental bank in city of london c. j. Bidwell (one of many pseudonyms), edwin noyes would act as one of employees to deposit and retrieve money from the account: continental bank happy to open account, but to open account with. Bank of england needed a recommendation men studied carefully and knew the loophole around this was the bank"s western branch in. January, two more bills from rothchild"s arrived and excepted, followed by third path, all passed: now scheme had to pick up pace, forgeries would be found out in 3 months money first went into c. j.
