Synopsis

A boy's reckless act – a thrown milk bottle – brought a bus screeching to a halt in a tangle of metal and startled cries. He was one of six children in his family. P.C. Frank, responsible for marking bicycles for children, discovered a bike bearing the wrong postcode had been stolen. Shaw’s car was involved in an accident; a bottle of liquor inside shattered upon impact, and then Ackland, in a separate incident, dropped another box. Meanwhile, an elderly woman, victim of a five-pound con, proved