Upholding Law in the 18th Century
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- Created on: 02-04-17 14:29
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- Methods used the in 18th Century to uphold law.
- The Watch
- Parishes within London appointed constables who job it was to arrest criminals and bring them before the Justices of the Peace.
- Night eatchmen patrolled the streets between 9pm-dawn.
- In London there were daytime patrols, who were conducted by the City Marshalls.
- They were known as Beadles.
- Parishes within London appointed constables who job it was to arrest criminals and bring them before the Justices of the Peace.
- Constables
- Householders were appointed as constables working a rota system
- Householders also had to carry out night watch on a rota system.
- People began to pay deputies to do it in their place.
- It wasn't popular because they were unpaid.
- Watch Acts was passed, which replaced voluntary people with paid law officers.
- Householders were appointed as constables working a rota system
- By 1700, the government offered rewards for catching criminals.
- Thief takers-were often members of the criminal underworld.
- They hunted stolen goods to claim the rewards.
- Jonathon Wild
- Ran a gang of theives
- He kept the goods his gang stole
- He claimed his agents recovered stolen items
- He stole goods in return for rewards.
- He was hung in Tyburn, London in 1725.
- Thief takers-were often members of the criminal underworld.
- The Watch
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