Human-baiting

The fight, watched by an audience of about 50, occurred at an old inn at Hanley, Staffordshire, in a large guest room, its windows closed and its floor covered in sawdust, with the ring cordoned off by a line.

During the fight Brummy was bitten deeply several times on his arms, and the Bulldog was dealt several heavy blows to the head and ribs.

The following is extracted from a contemporary report:[4] An arbite (man and dog fight) took place in an East End Club.

The match was that James Oxley, a man well known in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, would stall off for thirty-minutes a fighting dog called 'Crib' owned by Robert Green.

Some of the prominent people, who brought about this sickening match, when interviewed, stated that for twenty-one minutes Oxley kept the dog off by using his fists.