Garrotters: Street robbers who stole from people in the street using actual or threatened violence. Garrotte robbery was initially used to describe a particular form of violence used but Garrotter came to be applied to any street robber. [i] The first newspaper references to Garrotters appeared in 1856 [ii] and the Norfolk News of 27th December 1856 printed a description of an anti-garrotting device. There was a second garrotting panic in 1862 which resulted in the Garrotters Act of 1863 [iii]

References:
[i] Sindall, R. The London garrotting panics of 1856 and 1862, Social History Vol. 12, No. 3 (Oct., 1987), pp. 351-359
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[ii] Morning Post (London) 11 November 1856
[iii] Sindall, ibid

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