A house in Bow Street: crime and the magistracy, London, 1740-1881

Type

Book

Authors

Babington, Anthony

Tags

Crime, Bow street, Police, Metropolitan police, Gordon Riots, War on crime, Thomas De Veil, Henry Fielding, 1740-1881

Abstract

"In 1740 Colonel Thomas de Veil a justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex and the City and Liberty of Westminster, moved his magistrate's office from Soho to a house in Bow Street, Covent Garden - a change that marked the beginning of a new era in the fight against crime in London and ultimately through the country. A house in Bow Street is a history of this now famous office that established the basis for the first organized police force in the world, the Bow street Runners are, after all, as well known as Sherlock Holms of Baker Street. Anthony Babington tells its history from 1740 to its closure in 1881, when the Magistrate's Courts and magisterial procedure were regularized and the Metropolitan police were fully established..." - Cover

Description

Contents:
Thomas de Veil's London
Keeping the peace
The decline of the system
Justice de Veil
De Veil at Bow Street
Henry Fielding
henry Fielding at Bow Street
The war against crime
The last phase
John Fielding and Saunders Welch
John Fielding at the Helm
A seat of justice
The end of an era
The Gordon Riots
in the image of Bow street
The London of 1797
The Bow Street police
The turn of the century
The formation of the Metropolitan police
The development of the underworld
Last years at the Office
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-245).

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