Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office

With an Account of the Magistrates, Runners', and Police; And a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03694-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History

Percy Fitzgerald (1834-1925) was a prolific author, critic, painter and sculptor. He was born in Ireland and attended Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, and then Trinity College Dublin. When he moved to London, he became a contributor to Charles Dickens' periodical Household Words. This two-volume work, published in 1888, gives a stirring account of the work of London's eighteenth-century law enforcers, the Bow Street Runners. Drawing on records of criminal cases, it tells how magistrates Henry Fielding and his blind half-brother Sir John Fielding helped to set up the Runners. Their actions dramatically reduced violent crime in the city and paved the way for the modern police force. Volume 1 covers the formation of the Runners and introduces the key players in the successes that followed. It also describes a number of fascinating incidents that are variously tragic, amusing or shocking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzgerald, Percy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Bow Street; 2. Henry Fielding and Sir John Fielding; 3. Cases before Sir John; 4. The Bow Street forces; 5. The Police system; 6. Office eccentricities; 7. Morning at Bow Street; 8. Eccentricity; 9. Duels and gaming-house raids; Appendix.