The other day a tramp, named Facer, was apprehended by the Leicester police on a charge of drunkennesss, having been found by a policeman climbing a lamp-post to get a drink, He was, when searched, found to be tattooed from his shoulders to his feet, the police description of his marks being :—Letter D, and ship on breast, together with a house, pigeons, anchor, and chain haystack, fishes and trees, a man driving a sheep, a pig, the Union Jack, the Prince of Wales' feathers, an anchor, two inscriptions, "Love me and leave me not" (Shakespeare) and a gravestone to "The memory of all I love," a Highland girl dancing, a Highland soldier and another soldier wearing a red coat, cross flags and bayonet, drum and sticks, a pile of shot, W.F., a gun, another gun and crossed flags, crossed pipes, and a jug and glass; on the right arm an ensign, sailors, a ship, a cross and a large fish, a sailor with crossed nags, and "Charlotte " in capital letters; on the left arm a policeman taking a man into custody, and Faith, Hope, and Charity ; on the left leg a man; on the right leg a woman and. a ftag.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 831, 17 March 1885, Page 2
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202Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 831, 17 March 1885, Page 2
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