INDEX
- 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