Rubyretro – I haven’t seen the nightwatchman reference – where is it?
Even without CCTV there were plenty of checks they could have made on Hutchinson. Where had he been as a groom. Why did he need a knife? An extra sharp one?
Alias’s were mainly employed by the underworld, prostitutes, criminals - not grooms and labourers.
If none of this checked out then I suggest the police would have taken a keen interest in him.
The other suspects that were picked up were usually released pretty quickly. Clearly because their tales did check out (although with the example of Peter Sutcliffe we can’t say than one of these may have been the culprit). The police clearly did have means to check.
Incidentally, I don’t think Sutcliffe can be used as an example of how Hutchinson could have got away with it!
Sally – are we talking about drink or personages?
I just noticed that the top soldier picture is of Canadians, but there are lots of similar pictures of British soldiers of a similar build.
The point about military appearance is that whatever the reality was, and some would in fact be scruffy herberts, the term would have meant something that was instantly understood. The description ‘not tall but stout’ would not be applied to someone of stereotypical military appearance.
If you said someone has an art deco look your mind’s eye would conjure up a certain image. It wouldn’t be of a ‘not tall but stout’ woman. This has nothing to do with reality. There may have been plenty of women who dressed in that style in who were ‘not tall but stout’. It has to do with sterotypes.
Having said that, I have an original idea. Perhaps she was useless at describing how people looked, but would be very good at picking someone out in person...
Even without CCTV there were plenty of checks they could have made on Hutchinson. Where had he been as a groom. Why did he need a knife? An extra sharp one?
Alias’s were mainly employed by the underworld, prostitutes, criminals - not grooms and labourers.
If none of this checked out then I suggest the police would have taken a keen interest in him.
The other suspects that were picked up were usually released pretty quickly. Clearly because their tales did check out (although with the example of Peter Sutcliffe we can’t say than one of these may have been the culprit). The police clearly did have means to check.
Incidentally, I don’t think Sutcliffe can be used as an example of how Hutchinson could have got away with it!
Sally – are we talking about drink or personages?
I just noticed that the top soldier picture is of Canadians, but there are lots of similar pictures of British soldiers of a similar build.
The point about military appearance is that whatever the reality was, and some would in fact be scruffy herberts, the term would have meant something that was instantly understood. The description ‘not tall but stout’ would not be applied to someone of stereotypical military appearance.
If you said someone has an art deco look your mind’s eye would conjure up a certain image. It wouldn’t be of a ‘not tall but stout’ woman. This has nothing to do with reality. There may have been plenty of women who dressed in that style in who were ‘not tall but stout’. It has to do with sterotypes.
Having said that, I have an original idea. Perhaps she was useless at describing how people looked, but would be very good at picking someone out in person...
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