Bow Street Runners 1705
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- Bow Street Runners
- Fielding brothers
- John and Henry Fielding
- John: blind, could recognise up to 3,000 criminal voices
- Henry: JP, released report
- John and Henry Fielding
- Facts
- 6 out of 80 constables were chosen to be BSR
- 1763, highway men but didn't last
- Re-established in 1805
- Established in 1750
- Handcuffs, pistol and a stick
- Paid one guinea (£1.05) a week
- Uniformed eventually and known as Robin Red Breasts
- Fielding brothers
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