Wives & Property
In the 1870s Millicent Garrett Fawcett had her purse snatched by a young thief in London. When he appeared in court to testify, she heard the young man charged with ''stealing from the person of Millicent Fawcett a purse containing £1 18s 6d the property of Henry Fawcett.'' Long after the episode she recalled: ''I felt as if I had been charged with theft myself.''
The English common law which depr...
In the 1870s Millicent Garrett Fawcett had her purse snatched by a young thief in London. When he appeared in court to testify, she heard the young man charged with ''stealing from the person of Millicent Fawcett a purse containing £1 18s 6d the property of Henry Fawcett.'' Long after the episode she recalled: ''I felt as if I had been charged with theft myself.''
The English common law which depr...
