The Kingston Hill Murder was the case of Police Constable 356 V Fred Atkins, who was murdered on Kingston Hill, Kingston, Surrey in 1881. The murder remained unsolved. The magazine Punch published a cartoon entitled "An Unequal Match" that October highlighting the dangers of unarmed police. The case was instramental in bringing about the arming of police officers, although it required a second fatal shooting, that of P.C. George Cole by a burglar, in 1882 and an attempted murder, of P.C. Patrick Boans, in 1883 before the authorities gave Superintendents the opportunity to arm their constables on night duty.