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History Sources Question : Murder in the East End
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- Thu Jul 11 2002

... History Sources Question : Murder in the East End Question 1. Study Source A What can you learn from source A about the murder of Polly Nicholls? There is not much that we can infer from source A. It tells us that Polly Nicholls was a prostitute and that her murder was not the first killing of a prostitute in the East End. We also find out that she was very poor as stated in the extract, 'poorest of the poor'. Source A also informs us of the scale of the shock throughout London after the murder of Polly Nicholls and also Martha Tabram. This widespread shock tells us that these murders were probably the first of their kind in city like London. In source A, surprise is expressed because the murders seemed very irrational because there was no apparent motive especially one connected to money ('in the shape of plunder'). Although there are things that














