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Endnotes explained
The endnotes reference the case Rex v.
What happens
The endnotes reference the case Rex v. Tolmini, a failed mail robbery due to a criminal's haste.
Themes in this chapter
Crime and Morality
The endnotes discuss a failed mail robbery, highlighting criminal activity and its consequences.
Characters to notice
- Emil Tolmini
Referenced in the endnotes as the defendant in the case Rex v. Tolmini.
Key passages
“See Rex v. Tolmini ( Notts. Assizes). This was evidently the big mail robbery which failed, owing to the precipitancy of one of the criminals.”
Refer to the case of the Crown versus Tolmini at the Nottingham Assizes, which appears to be the major mail robbery that was unsuccessful because one of the thieves acted too hastily.
Editorial note summarizing the legal case and its cause of failure.