The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
When headless male corpses are found floating in the river the common link is scarred hands,which points to them having taken part in illegal bare-knuckle boxing. Strapping Constable Jago,the force's amateur boxing champion, poses...
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"This novel-turned-to-television play is set in the late 1870s. At that time pugilism, which was about to be organized by the Marquis of Queensbury's rules, was turning away from the old fashioned style of boxing called "bare-knuckled" boxing. Before one boxed with boxing gloves the boxers hit each other without any protective gear. It was very bloody as a result - in fact the boxers had a good chance of doing permanent damage to each other's faces, as well as to their hands. So it was considered very dangerous and forbidden by law. But there were boxing fans who were willin..."
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When headless male corpses are found floating in the river the common link is scarred hands,which points to them having taken part in illegal bare-knuckle boxing. Strapping Constable Jago,the force's amateur boxing champion, poses...