Cambridge Chronicle 9 Jul 1859: Assault after Trumpington Feast
Sarah Litchfield, of Chesterton, was charged with assaulting Sarah Crowe, on the 29th ult. It appeared they were returning home from Trumpington feast, and when near the Stone bridge they quarrelled upon the delicate question of each other’s virtue. After sundry scratching, scuffles, &c., Crowe fell to the ground, when it appears Litchfield put her teeth into the face of the antagonist, and there held her till she was compelled by another female to release her hold. Litchfield denied biting her friend Crowe, but the magistrates, upon examining the wounds, had no hesitation in saying that they were the result of a severe bite. — The BENCH characterised the affair as most disgraceful, and fined the defendant 6s., and 14d. costs. The money was paid by the mother.