Acts of parliament, seestatutes
Addison, Joseph 468
aldermen and court of aldermen, seeLondon,
City of, constitution and governance
Anne, queen 55 , 57 , 99 , 123 , 351
Archer, Ian 165 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 285
Ashhurst, Sir William 93 – 7 , 103 , 105 , 326 , 332 ,
361
assault, seecriminal offences
Atkins, Henry 404 , 405
Atkins, Samuel 405
Atley, William 404 , 405 , 412
Atterbury’s Plot 386
attorney general 385
bail, seecriminal administration
ballad singers 56 , 154 , 384
Barbados 294 , 365
beadles 90 , 95 , 114 , 119 , 120 , 163 – 8
assistant beadles (warders) 166
communication of information 119 , 165 – 6
as constables 151 , 167
duties 163 – 4 , 165 – 7
salary 164 – 5
and the watch 163 – 4 , 176 , 179 , 182 , 197
Beccaria, Cesare 317 , 475
Berry, John 411 , 413 , 415
Billers, Joseph 247 – 8 , 249 , 253 , 254
Billers, Sir William 100 , 103 , 105 , 152 , 400 ,
417 – 18 , 419 , 441
Black Boy Alley gang 406 , 408 , 410 , 411 , 413
Black Horse tavern 254
Blackerby, Nathaniel 189 – 90 , 391
Blackfriars 207
Bonner, John 240
Boomer, William 412
Bow St. 81 , 86 , 226 , 418 , 420
Bow Street magistrates’ court 110 – 12 , 419 – 20 , 469
see alsoDe Veil, Sir Thomas; Fielding, Henry;
Fielding, Sir John
Bow Street Runners 421 – 2
Brewer, John 320 , 323
Bridewell 100 , 159 , 160 , 186 , 200 , 238 , 245 , 281 ,
313 – 14 , 367
establishment of 25
committal of petty thieves to 24 – 33 , 67 , 93 ,
95 – 7 , 104court of governors 27 , 30 , 167
work and punishment in 25 , 27
see alsocriminal administration: diversion of
petty offences to
Brightridge, Matthew 145
Brocas, Sir Richard 100 , 103 – 8 , 152 , 400 , 417 – 18 ,
419 , 441
burglary, seecriminal offences
Bushell’s case 260 , 276 , 286
capital punishment, seepunishments
Care, Henry 276
Cathery, John 153 , 404
Charing Cross 129 , 253
Charles II, king 35 , 98 , 174 , 209 , 231
Child, Sir Francis 88
Child, John 193 , 222
Child, Sir Robert 88
Christmas, Robert 145 , 165
Clayton, Sir Robert 87 , 326 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 361
clergy, benefit of
character and consequences 19 – 20 , 24 , 32 ,
277 – 9 , 287 , 292 , 305 , 316 – 17 , 320 – 1 , 329 ,
342 , 346 , 428 , 438 – 9
branding on the cheek 328 , 330 – 1 , 333 – 4
denial for penal purposes 283 , 293 , 302 – 3 ,
338 , 341 , 354 – 5 , 357
transportation act and 432 , 447 – 8 , 473
women and 66 , 287 , 297 , 299 , 318
Cockburn, James 271
Coffin, Richard 21 , 61
coining/clipping, seecriminal offences
Colquhoun, Patrick 149 , 157
common council, seeLondon, City of,
constitution and governance
‘common council of the ward’, seeLondon, City
of, constitution and governance
Connell, John and Mary (or Connelly) 241
constables:
avoiding service by deputy 135 , 140
avoiding service by fine 134 – 5
character of constables and deputies 118 , 119 ,
134 , 136 – 40 , 145 , 146 , 149 , 150 , 184 – 5
deputy constables 130 , 135 – 6 , 141 – 50 , 157
duties, authority, and nature of the office 85 ,
114 – 15 , 118 , 119 , 120 – 2 , 123 – 5 , 126 – 7 ,
130 – 4 , 152 , 158 , 226 , 246 – 7, 134– 5Index
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