Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office: With an Account of the Magistrates, ‘Runners', and Police; and...

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Percy Fitzgerald

Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office

With an Account of the Magistrates, ‘Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting...

Percy Fitzgerald

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Cambridge University Press
08 December 2011

History; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Police & security services

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries

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.

By: Percy Fitzgerald
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Volume 2
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781108036948
ISBN 10: 1108036945
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
Pages: 362
Publication Date: 08 December 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.