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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: struck him in the face. "I'll settle you this time," cried the
man, and fired a fifth shot, which went through Robinson's
arm just above the elbow. But, in spite of his wound, the
valiant officer held his prisoner, succeeded in flinging him to
the ground, and catching hold of the revolver that hung round the
burglar's wrist, hit him on the head with it. Immediately after
the other two constables came to the help of their colleague, and
the struggling desperado was secured.
Little did the police as they searched their battered and moaning
prisoner realise the importance of their capture. When next
morning Peace appeared before the magistrate at Greenwich Police
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