INDEX
Reading edition
A
Aberdeen, 351
Abjuration of the Realm, 35, 363
Admiralty, Court of, 62
Agisters, 68
Alehouse Act, The, 222
Alien Act, The, 175
Alfred the Great, 3, 10, 13
Alverstone, Lord, 365
Amercements, 19
America, 208, 209, 364, 371
Anderson, Dr Robert, 362
Anglesey, 305
Anglo-Saxon Police, 8, 14, 232, 401
Anthropometry, 359, 361
Appeal, 91
Assize of Arms, the, 26, 27, 28
Australia, 210, 341, 342
Aylesbury, 72
B
Bacon, Lord, 17, 84, 113
Bail, 50, 324
Barbadoes, 129, 208
Barkstead, Colonel, 128, 130
Bath, 269
Basket Justices, 115
Beccaria, 219
Bedel, 75
Bedfordshire, 45, 126, 304
Benefit of Clergy, 89, 222
Bentham, J., xiii., 6, 94, 204, 205, 217, 218, 219, 223, 247, 347, 404
Berkshire, 45, 105, 126, 305
Bermuda, 209
Bertillon, M. Alphonse, 359
Birmingham, 252, 260, 273, 312, 313, 352, 384
Blackstone, 56, 71, 85
Blood-money, 140, 211
Bonaventors, 115
Bootless crimes, 11
Borsholder, 4
Bow Street, 156, 157, 191, 227, 263
Bow Street Runners, 157, 191, 196, 265, 350, 367
Brampton, Lord, 402
Bravadors, 115
Brecon, 305
Bristol Riots, 272, 277, 318
Buckinghamshire, 45, 126, 305
Bullock-hunting, 197
Burleigh, Lord, 100
Burn, 5, 49
C
Camberwell, 253, 254
Cambridge, 90, 274
Cambridgeshire, 45, 126, 304
Canterbury, 77, 396
Canute, 63
Capital Punishment, 204, 207, 404
Card registers, 360
Cardiganshire, 305
Carmarthenshire, 305
Carnarvonshire, 305
Carta de foresta, 67
Census Returns, 337
Charles I., 119
—— II., 131, 133, 136, 180, 208
"Charlies," 133, 183, 184, 245
Chartists, 313, 314
Chateaubriand, 246
Chatham, 343
Cheshire, 30, 126, 283, 300, 305
Chief Constable, 113, 122, 390, 392, 400
Childers, Mr, 384
Churchwardens, 104, 179
City Marshalls, 187
City of London Police, 6, 30, 32, 53, 186, 231, 263, 267, 397, 398
Civil War, 124, 276
Clarendon, Assize of, 25
Clerks of the Peace, 53
Coastguard, 283, 408
Coke, Lord, 13, 35, 58
Colchester, 34
Coldbath Fields, 256, 319, 382
Colquhoun, Dr, vii., 177, 181, 204, 218, 219, 220, 223, 332
Colthrop, Sir H., 121
Commissioners of Police, 234, 235, 242, 250, 256, 263, 285
Commissioners of Sewers, 133
Commitment Returns, 338, 339
Commons, House of, 47, 52
Constable, the, 43, 55, 56, &c.
Conservators of the Peace, 19, 44, 392
Convicts, 349
Convict Supervision office, 136, 359, 370
Cornwall, Earl of, 45
Cornwall, 96, 126, 305
Coroners, 37, 38, 91, 275
Council of the North, 94, 137
County Boroughs, 393
County Councils, 390, 392
County Courts, 390
County, Power of the, 8, 45
Courts, Ecclesiastical, 62
Courts Leet, 17, 18, 40, 41, 54, 102, 122, 134
Coventry, 270
Criminal Investigation Department, 311, 370, 395
Criminal Statistics, 340, 405
Cromwell, Oliver, 125, 127, 131
Cromwell, Thomas, 94
Cumberland, 126, 138, 305
Curfew Bell, 16, 31
D
Dartmoor, 343
Decennary Police, 9, 18, 24, 75
Decennier, 121
De Goncourt Case, 368, 371
Denbigh, 305
Denville, Sir Gosselin, 39
Derbyshire, 126, 305
Detective Police, 311, 366
Devonshire, 126, 305
Dickens, Charles, 207
Dictum de Kenilworth, 24
Director of Public Prosecutions, 364
—— Criminal Investigation, 370
Dorsetshire, 126, 305
Drawlatches, 29
Dublin Police Act, 169
Duelling, 202
Durham, 126, 304
E
Edgar, 1, 6
Edward I., 24, 30, 31, 36, 44, 60
—— II., 39
—— III., 26, 43, 46, 47, 60, 74
—— IV., 51
—— VI., 2, 46, 94, 96
—— VII., 57
Essex, 45, 104, 126, 301, 303, 304
Expeditation, 66
Extradition Acts, 364
F
Fielding, Henry, 141, 155, 158, 191, 207, 218, 220, 404
Fielding, Sir John, 156, 157, 161, 167, 218
Fightwitt, 6
Flash-houses, 193
Flintshire, 305
Ford, Sir Richard, 194, 224
Foresters, 68
Forest Law, 62, 63, 69, 70, 119
Frankpledge, 4, 15, 20, 42, 77, 121
French Revolution, The, 246
Frithbrec, 6
G
Galton, Mr Francis, 359
Garrotting, 341
George I., 147
—— II., 151
Glamorganshire, 305
Gloucester, 304
Gloucestershire, 126
Gneist, 13
Gordon Riots, 165, 167, 174, 314, 277
Graham, Sir J., 311
Gray, Sir G., 340
Griffiths, Major, 215
Grithbryce, 6
Grosvenor, Lord R., 319, 322
Gypsies, 10, 90, 109
H
Habitual Criminals Act, 357
Habitual offenders, 355, 359, 405
Hampshire, 126, 304
Harcourt, Sir W., 376
Headboroughs, 4, 8, 57, 178, 211
Helps, Sir A., 401
Henderson, Sir E., 379, 385, 386
Henry I., 2
—— II., 18, 63, 68
—— III., 20, 23, 55
—— IV., 54
—— V., 54
—— VII., 54, 82, 89
—— VIII., 93, 137
Herefordshire, 45, 126, 305
Hertfordshire, 126, 139, 304
Hext, Mr, 108
High Constable, 55, 110, 113, 114, 122, 150, 151, 177, 390
High Steward, 100, 160
Highwaymen, 139, 143, 195, 282
Home Office, 190, 221, 232, 275, 344, 346
Howard, John, 217, 347
Hue and Cry, 5, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 46, 59, 67, 83, 89, 104, 111, 123, 151, 179, 180, 189, 240, 291, 308, 403
Hulks, the, 342
Hull, 270
Hundred, the, 4, 5, 105, 179
—— liability of, 5, 122, 180
Huntingdonshire, 45, 126, 305
Hyde Park, 320, 324, 327, 384
I
Identification of Criminals, 347, 358, 359
Industrial Schools, 353
Inhabitant Watch, the, 150
Inlaugh, 121
Inspectors of Constabulary, 306, 391
Ireland, 169, 329, 330, 394
Irish Constabulary, Royal, 169, 305
J
James I., 115
—— II., 248
James, Sir H., 388
John, King, 19, 20
Judicium Pillorie, 79
Jury of Annoyances, 159
Justice of Assize, 125
Justices Itinerant, 19
Justices of the Peace, 43, 44, 51, 59, 93, 97, 101, 107, 116, 125, 144, 147, 232, 234, 275, 392
Justices of the Quorum, 93
—— Gaol Delivery, 93
Justice Seat, Court of the, 64, 66
Juvenile Offenders Act, 287, 351
K
Kent, 44, 45, 57, 126, 233, 285, 299, 305, 394
Kerry, 394
King's Bench, Court of, 58
King's Highway, the, 3
King's Peace, the, 1, 2, 62, 124
L
Labourers, Statute of, 60, 108
Lambard, 8, 54, 56, 181
Lancashire, 126, 284, 304, 305
La Reynie, 246
Leet. See Courts
Leicestershire, 16, 126, 304
Lepers, 31, 73
Lettre de Cachet, 247
Lewes, 292
Liber albus, 80
Licensing Acts, 97, 101, 338, 375
Lighting and Watching Act, 274
Lincoln, 34, 289
Lincolnshire, 45, 126, 289, 305
Little-goes, 197
Liverpool, 271, 272, 280, 283, 341
Livery Companies, 88
Local Government Act, 391, 393, 394
Lombroso, 406
London, 6, 30, 32, 53, 73, 76, 78, 80, 125, 126, 132, 140, 144, 150, 165, 171, 182, 229, 243, 248, 252, 274, 280, 309, 318, 378, 384, 386, 395
London County Council, 394, 395, 396
London Docks, 310
Lords-Lieutenant, 97, 278
Lords-Marchers, 93
Lords of the Manor, 17, 51, 134
Lushington, Sir F., 191
Lynch Law, 149
M
Mad Parliament, the, 23
Maegbote, 10
Magna Carta, 19, 63
Mainprise, 50
Major-Generals, 127, 129, 130
Manbote, 10
Manchester, 272, 351, 384
Mansion-House, 152, 189, 397
Manwood, 64, 69
Marching Watch, the, 31
Marine Society, the, 350
Marlborough, Statute of, 20
Martial Law, ix., 106, 107
Mayne, Sir R., 234, 242, 253, 310, 321, 324, 325, 346, 398
Mayneer, 65
M'Hardy, Captain, 301, 303, 305
Melbourne, Lord, 256, 259
Merioneth, 305
Metropolitan Police, 229, 232, 236, 238, 258, 260, 267, 288, 309, 312, 385, 395
Metropolitan Police area, 260, 263, 268, 394
Metropolitan Police District, 237, 394
Middlesex, 45, 57, 100, 126, 170, 195, 196, 233, 394
Middlesex Justices Act, 171, 172, 173, 176, 189, 190
Militia, the, 7, 55, 97, 127, 152, 153, 167, 174
Millbank, 347, 369
Minsheu, 121, 123
Mohocks, 144, 146, 277
Monmouthshire, 126, 290, 305
Montgomery, 305
More, Sir Thomas, 92, 158
Moss-troopers, 137, 138
Municipal Corporations Act, 274, 277, 306, 391, 393
Munro, Mr, 331, 376
Murdrum, The, 16
Mutual Security, 15, 17
N
"New Police," the, 335
Newcastle, Duke of, 158
Newgate, 78, 121, 150, 167, 215, 216
New South Wales, 209, 210
Norfolk, 45, 96, 126, 304
Norman police, 14
Northampton, Assize of, 18, 25
Northamptonshire, 45, 126, 304
Northumberland, 126, 138, 299, 305, 394
Norton, Lord, 351
Nottinghamshire, 126, 129, 304
Norwich, 39
O
Obligatory Act, The, 305, 307, 338
Ordeals, 12
Oxford plague regulations, 118
Oxford, Provisions of, 23, 24
Oxford University, 90, 274
Oxfordshire, 45, 126, 305
P
Parkhurst, 351
Parliamentary Commissions, viii., 26, 160, 162, 199, 201, 221, 227, 228, 230, 234, 244, 255, 259, 261, 336, 344, 352, 360
Parochial System of Police, 176, 182, 211, 237, 291, 355, 396
Passports, 102, 135
Patrol, Foot, 156, 194, 226, 233
—— Horse, 156, 194, 224, 233, 263, 264
Peace Guilds, 6
Peace of the Church, 62
—— of the Sea, 62
Peace Wardens, 44
Peel, Sir R., 227, 228, 230, 243, 245, 251, 256, 262, 309, 372, 399
"Peine forte et dure," 330
Pembrokeshire, 305
Penal Code, the, 204
Penal Servitude Act, 343, 356
Pennsylvania, 347
Pentonville, 347, 348
Permissive Act, the, 293, 296, 298, 301, 396, 310
"Peterloo Massacre," 314
Petty Constable, Oath of, 114
Photography, 359
Pie-poudre, Court of, 270
Pillory, the, 78, 79, 222
Plague, The, 117, 118, 132, 133
Police Act, the, 376
—— franchise, 399
—— Disabilities Removal Act, 400
—— Pensions, 376
—— Returns Act, 340
—— Supervision, 357
Poor Laws, 103
Popay, 253, 256, 310
Portland, 343
Portsmouth, 271, 343, 351
Posse Comitatus, the, 8, 39, 45, 54, 276
Præpositus, the, 14, 56
Press, the, 250, 403
Press gang, the, 341
Presentment, 40, 59, 239
Prevention of Crimes Act, 357, 359
Primarii, 68
Prison Act, the, 348
Prisons, 78, 149, 215
Probation of First Offenders Act, 354
Procurator Fiscal, 288
Prosecution of Offences Act, 365
Public Health Acts, 391
—— Meeting, Right of, 388
—— offices, 191, 264
—— prosecutor, 109, 223
—— works prisons, 348
Purlieu, 66
Q
Quarter Sessions, 48, 112, 136, 151, 222, 293, 295, 337, 340, 390, 392
Quarterors, 115
Queen Anne, 144, 145, 146
Queen Elizabeth, 99, 103, 105, 137, 159, 334
Queen Victoria, vii., 277, 349
R
Radnorshire, 305
Ragged Schools, 351
Rainsforth, Mr F., 161
Rangers, 68
Recognizances, 355
Reformatories, 350, 353, 354
Reformatory School Act, 352
Regard, Court of, 64, 66
Regarders, 68
Richard I., 19, 44
—— II., 46, 48, 50, 53
Riot Act, the, 96, 147, 258
Riotous Assemblies, 314
Riots, 202
—— see Bristol
—— see Gordon
—— Featherstone, 408
—— Hyde Park, 320
—— Reform, 327
—— Chartist, 314
—— Sunday Trading Bill, 319
—— West End, 317, 381
Roaring Boys, 115
Roberdsmen, 29
Robin Redbreasts, 194
Romilly, Sir S., 205, 206, 218, 219
"Route forms," 360
"Round-houses," 162
Rowan, Colonel, 234, 253, 257, 258, 259, 292, 310
Royal Society, the, 133
Rural Police, 102, 182, 279, 295
Rural Police Act, 293, 305
Russell, Sir C., 388
Rutland, 45, 126, 305
S
Sanctuary, 35, 115
Sartines, 247
Sayer, John, 193, 198
Scavengers, 75
Scotland, 93, 288
Scotland Yard, 233, 237, 262, 263, 266, 311, 359, 395
Searchers, 101, 117
Shaftesbury, Lord, 351
Shakespeare, 108
Sheriffs, 7, 14, 16, 36, 40, 44, 45, 97, 119, 276
Shropshire, 30, 126, 304
Sidmouth, Lord, 224, 227
Six Acts, the, 202
Smith, Sir T., 102, 334
Somersetshire, 108, 126, 286, 305
Southwark, 74, 121
Special Constables, 134, 176, 276, 314, 377, 387
Staffordshire, 126, 304
Standing Joint Committees, 392, 393
Statistics, Police, 337, 339
Stephen, Sir J., 333
Stipendiary Magistrates, 173
—— Police, 306, 338
Stocks, the, 72, 77
Street-keepers, 188, 240
Stubbs, Dr, 1, 24, 25
Suffield, Lord, 214
Suffolk, 45, 126, 304
Summary Jurisdiction Act, 354
—— Courts of, 338
Summons of the Array, 7
Superannuation, 374
Superintending Constables, 297
Supervisees, 357
Surety of the Peace, 50
—— the Good Behaviour, 50
Surrey, 45, 126, 233, 304, 394
Sussex, 34, 126, 305
Swanimote, Court of, 64, 66
Sydney, 342
T
Tasmania, 342
Thames Police, 176, 189, 223, 263, 266
Thane, 3, 50
Ticket-of-leave, 344, 345, 356
Tine-men, 68
Tourn, Court of the, 15, 18, 40
Townsend, James, 170, 193, 194, 204, 212
Trade Guilds, 84, 86
"Trading Justices," 115, 169, 170
Trafalgar Square, 378, 381, 387
Trained Bands, the, 152, 248
Transportation, 158, 208, 210, 341, 343
Trinoda necessitas, 7
Troup, Mr C. E., 405
Tumbril (see Pillory)
Tyburn, 141, 149, 158, 159
Tyburn-ticket, 213, 214
Tyler, Wat, 61
Tything, the, 3, 4, 5, 120
Tythingmen, 56, 57, 114, 125, 179, 180
U
Unification of London, 398
V
Vaccination Acts, 338
Vagrancy, 33, 92, 102, 116, 221, 302
Verderers, 65, 68
Vert, 65
Vicecomes, 14, 15, 18, 56
Vincent, Sir Howard, 354, 370, 402
Vine Street Station, 323, 324, 325
W
Wales, 92, 126
Wapentakes, 179
Warren, Sir C., 260, 272, 386, 387
Warwickshire, 45, 126, 305
Watch Committees, 81, 275, 306, 391, 393
Watch and Ward, 21, 26, 27, 33, 71, 122, 183, 189
Weights and Measures, 86, 304, 408
Wellington, Duke of, 220, 243, 245, 314
Westminster, 99, 100, 126, 128, 144, 160, 162, 163, 188, 198
Westminster, Statute of, 159
Westmoreland, 30, 126, 305
Whitefriars, 115, 132
Wild, Jonathan, 141, 143
Willford, Sir T., 107
William I., 2, 15
—— III., 248
—— IV., 251, 274
Wiltshire, 126, 286, 304, 305
Winchester, Statute of, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 39, 42, 55, 71, 79, 112, 122, 151
Wite, 11
Woodmote Court, 64, 66
Worcestershire, 305
Wrecking, 283
Y
Yeomanry, 97
"Yoongmen," 68
Yorkshire, 39, 126, 305, 408
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