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

• Y
• Yeomanry, 97
• "Yoongmen," 68
• Yorkshire, 39, 126, 305, 408