Policing and Punishment in London, 1660-1750 - J.M. Beattie

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Policing and Punishment in London, 1660 – 1750 Urban Crime and the Limits ofTerror J. M. BEATTIE 1 prelims.y5 11/6/01 12:24 PM P ...

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Preface In a previous book, Crime and the Courts in England,1660‒1800( 1986 ), I set out to investigate two principal subjects: ...

began to appear in the criminal courts, authorized for the first time to act as counsel for the defendant as well as the prosecu ...

were confronted. To that end, I set out to establish in the first, introductory, chapter what evidence of the levels and charact ...

explains why in the second part of the book, in which these matters are of cen- tral importance, the chapters fall naturally int ...

punishment was administered was coming in for criticism in the first half of the eighteenth century, particularly what appeared ...

Acknowledgements I have been fortunate to have had a great deal of help as I wrote this book, and it is a pleasure to be able to ...

It is a pleasure to thank the archivist of the City of London, Jim Sewell, and his knowledgeable and extremely helpful staff—his ...

Contents List of Tables, Figures, and Map xv List of Illustrations xvii PART I: POLICING AND PROSECUTION ...

PART II: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT xiv Contents 1 INTRODUCTION: THE CRIME PROBLEM List of Abbreviations xviii Themes The City ...

List ofTables, Figures, and Map 1.1Prosecutions at the Old Bailey for offences against property in the City of London, 1670‒1750 ...

7.3Sentences in non-capital property offences: City of London cases at the Old Bailey, 1690‒1713 341 7.4Verdicts and sentences a ...

List of Illustrations (Betweenpages 268 and 269 ) 1. Map of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, w ...

List of Abbreviations Works frequently cited in the notes have been identified by the following abbreviations. Others have been ...

LMA London Metropolitan Archives LMA: DL/C Diocese of London, Consistory Court LMA: MJ/GBB Gaol Delivery Book LMA: MJ/SR Session ...