constables (cont .):
election and basis of service 90 , 114 , 116 – 18
‘extra’ 156 – 7 , 162
extra work for fees 154 – 7
handbooks for 118 , 232
level of activity 121 – 2 , 151 – 3 , 246
number of constables and deputies 114 – 18 ,
136 , 145 , 147 – 50
policing crowds and the streets 119 , 124 – 5 ,
127 – 8 , 153 – 4 , 155
policing festivals and holidays 127 – 8
policing punishment sites 129 – 30 , 155 – 6 , 157
policing riots 128 – 9
reluctance to serve 147 , 149 – 50 , 464 , 469
repeated service 145 , 150 – 1
resistance to and assaults on 122 , 123 , 246
for special purposes 85 , 118 , 125 – 6 , 171 , 232
staff of office 122 , 123
and thief-takers 153 , 244 – 7 , 400 , 404 , 411 – 12
victuallers as 143 , 144
and the watch 130 , 178 , 186 , 197 , 204 – 6
Cooper, James 245 – 6
Corporation of the Poor 29 , 57
courts, seeBow Street magistrates’ court,
Guildhall magistrates’ court, Hicks’ Hall;
Mansion House Justice Room; Old Bailey;
‘rotation’ offices; sessions of the peace,
Guildhall
Covent Garden 110 , 140 , 200 , 408
Cox, Joseph 414 , 415
Cracherode, Anthony 382 , 385 , 386 – 7 , 388 , 389
crime:
character of 19 – 24 , 32 – 40 , 71 – 2 , 466
in City of London compared to Middlesex and
other jurisdictions 17 – 18 , 31 , 71 – 2 , 461
contemporary perceptions and explanations of
1 – 6 , 18 – 22 , 40 , 45 , 48 – 63 , 72 – 3 , 370 – 2 ,
374 – 5 , 396
criminal gangs 229 , 337 , 372 , 381 , 390 , 391 ,
406 – 7 , 408 , 459
defendants 19 , 32 – 3 , 35 , 40 , 65
economic circumstances, war, demobilization,
and crime 33 , 40 – 8 , 54 , 65 , 67 , 69 – 71 ,
335 , 370 – 1 , 459 , 461
patterns and fluctuations of prosecutions
17 – 40 , 40 – 50 , 338 , 371 , 466
popular literature of 1 , 2 – 4 , 21 , 22 , 228 , 372 – 5
prosecutors 34 , 35
value of goods stolen 31 , 40 , 305 , 345
see alsowomen and crime; youth and crime
criminal administration, City of London 10 – 17 ,
86 – 113 , 264 – 5 , 463
diversion of petty offences to Bridewell 19 – 20 ,
23 – 33 , 66 , 97 , 104
magistrates and the process of prosecution
5 – 6 , 11 , 14 – 15 , 28 – 31 , 33 – 5 , 83 , 85 , 88 ,
91 – 9 , 101 – 8 , 110 – 13 , 152 , 238 , 241 , 261 ,336 – 7 , 417 – 20
magistrates’ reluctance to act 98 – 103 , 107 – 8 ,
464 , 469
lord mayor as chief magistrate 13 , 14 , 27 – 8 ,
88 , 92 – 7 , 103 – 7 , 110 , 206 , 261
lord mayor’s Charge Book 6 , 27 – 8 , 30 , 93 , 95 ,
97 , 103 – 6 , 152 , 159 , 200 ; see alsoAshhurst,
Sir William; Lane, Sir Thomas; Billers,
Sir William; Brocas, Sir Richard
bail 95 – 7 , 289
Bail and Commitment statutes ( 1554 – 5 ) 26 ,
95 – 7 , 105 – 6 , 112
costs of prosecution 390
depositions 33 – 4 , 35 – 8 , 95 , 97 , 336
magistrates’ clerks 100 , 105 , 398
government efforts to encourage prosecutions
and convictions 375 – 6 , 376 – 7 , 379 ,
384 – 94 , 401 , 463 – 5
relationship between sessions of the peace and
gaol delivery 15 – 17
relationship between City and Middlesex
courts 11 – 12 , 16 – 17 , 25
criminal law, reform ideas in the interregnum
280 – 2 , 286
criminal offences:
assault 24 , 97 , 105
burglary 19 , 20 , 22 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 54 , 97 , 178 , 183 ,
233 – 5 , 238 , 278 , 321 , 327 , 328 , 356 , 371 ,
458
coining/clipping 43 – 4 , 50 , 53 , 230 , 232 , 235 – 7 ,
238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 243 – 4 , 245 , 246 , 247 ,
360
grand larceny 19 , 23 – 4 , 29 , 30 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 ,
56 , 107 , 353 , 356
housebreaking 19 , 20 , 22 , 50 , 235 , 278 , 320 ,
327 , 328 , 356 , 370
petty larceny 12 , 19 , 23 – 4 , 27 , 445 – 6 ;
diminishing distinction between grand
and petty larceny 432 – 3 , 445
picking pockets 23 , 29 , 30 , 107 , 171 , 238 , 250 ,
253 – 4 , 278
pilfering 28 – 9 , 30 , 53 , 97 , 104
robbery 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 43 , 46 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 54 ,
97 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 174 , 178 , 183 , 201 , 229 ,
234 – 5 , 237 , 239 , 241 , 278 , 320 , 321 , 327 ,
353 , 356 , 370 , 371 – 2 , 406 – 8 , 455 – 6 , 458 ,
459
shoplifting 22 , 29 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 – 7 , 39 , 66 – 7 ,
147 , 249 , 250 , 251 – 2 , 319 , 321 , 328 – 30 ,
343 , 353 , 354 , 356 , 453 , 458
theft from houses (servants’ theft) 32 , 34 , 35 ,
37 – 9 , 66 – 7 , 249 , 250 , 320 , 335 – 7 , 436 , 458
theft from lodgings 34 , 35 , 39
theft from ships and quays 29 , 30 , 39
theft from warehouses 30 , 39 , 247
receiving and receivers 34 , 38 – 9 , 250 – 1 , 256 ,
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