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A former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902.

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  • Simon resides in Newgate so she visits him there with an enticing proposition.
  • Houston, one of Skidmore's closest associates earlier served two and a half years in Newgate prison for publishing the first
  • Whilst there's a stone in Newgate, or a chain,
  • "Newgate" because it was first built, centuries ago, over a new gate in the wall of the city.
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