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crime rate and newspapers to bring this to the attention of the public, thief-takers arose to partially fill the void in bringing criminals to justice. TheseBounty (reward) (3,012 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
the legal system, recovering their goods by resorting to advertising. Thief-takers were the perfect intermediates between victims and offenders and receivedBow Street Runners (4,003 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
regularisation of existing policing methods, similar to the unofficial 'thief-takers' (men who would solve petty crime for a fee). What made them differentMacdaniel affair (253 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
for the capture of criminals, as before those rewards were instituted, thief-takers depended primarily on privately funded rewards from victims seeking returnFence (criminal) (5,698 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
about compounding: nobody was in a better position to do so than thief-takers. Thief-takers grew increasingly notorious in England as a reward was introducedMy Local Bobby (465 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
privatisation by stealth, threatening to "take us back to the 18th century when “thief-takers” were employed by crime victims." The Labour leader of the oppositionCharles Hitchen (6,021 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
published his pamphlet "A True Discovery of the Conduct of Receivers and Thief-takers, in and about the City of London: To the Multiplication and EncouragementMichelle Joseph (93 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
acting credits include: As Time Goes By (1994) EastEnders (1994–1995) Thief takers (1996–1997) Dream Team (1998) The Bill (2000; 2001) So What Now? (2001)Law enforcement (1,390 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
enforcement in England was mostly the responsibility of private citizens and thief-takers, albeit also including constables and watchmen. This system graduallyDark Streets (RPG) (283 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Child-beggars starve in filthy gutters. Corrupt night-watchmen and thief-takers turn a blind eye to wrongdoing. And dark creatures lurk in back alleysPeter John Stephens (421 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Norton & Company, 1967 The Crime of Jairus Posey, Andre Deutsch, 1969 The Thief-Takers, W. W. Norton & Company, 1970 The Shadow over Welesmere Gap, Andre DeutschPolice (18,081 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
efforts of the government also increased the number of private thief-takers. Thief-takers became infamously known not so much for what they were supposedLiz Holliday (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Soldier Soldier Tucker's Story Damage, published 1995, ISBN 0-7522-0755-5 Thief Takers Bramwell, published 1995, ISBN 0-7475-2681-8 Bugs: Hot Metal, publishedHal Lindes (640 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
award-nominated film, RECKLESS, and a TRIC award for Best TV Theme Music – THIEF TAKERS. "The Boys Are Back - Hal Lindes | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 JanuaryBow Street (1,727 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
and could take private commission or rewards. Fielding called them "thief-takers", but the Bow Street Runner name did not appear until later in the centurySaunders Welch (803 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Historical Anecdotes concerning the Rise and Progress of the Society of Thief-Takers, and the evil Consequences naturally resulting from an Institution ofPreventive police (1,277 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
apprehending and bringing forty to justice." Fielding's Bow Street "thief takers", however, were a stipendiary force, and were primarily relegated toMolly house (3,572 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
dismantle molly houses and prosecute individuals. In the 1720s and 30s thief-takers like Charles Hitchen and Jonathan Wild stimulated the Societies' activitiesSadler's Wells Theatre (4,978 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
With prize-fighters, sweetners, and such sort of traders, Informers, thief-takers, deer stealers, and bullies. The proprietors advertised for a new managerPrivate police (4,262 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
historically performed by private watchmen (existing from 1500 on), thief-takers, and so on. The former were funded by private individuals and organizationsJonathan Wild (5,655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
with his manuscript, A True Discovery of the Conduct of Receivers and Thief-Takers in and about the City of London, in which he named Wild as a managerFour Times of the Day (5,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
With prize-fighters, sweetners, and such sort of traders, Informers, thief-takers, deer stealers, and bullies. The husband, whose stained hands revealAnkh-Morpork City Watch (5,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
served as government intelligence. The "Ward", who acted as gate-guards, thief-takers etc. during the day. The "Watch", who served the same purpose in theWilliam Garrow (4,634 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
not robbed the two injured parties. Garrow showed a dislike of most thief-takers, of which Grove was one, although he did not treat the Bow Street RunnersWilliam Chaloner (3,813 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Redington, ed., Calendar of Treasury papers, 1–2, PRO (1868–71) T. Wales, ‘Thief-takers and their clients in later Stuart London’, Londinopolis: essays in theWilliam Spiggot (2,709 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
apprehenders of felons, see also the Bow Street Runners, the first official thief-takers office created in 1749 Tyburn Executions Old Bailey Proceedings OnlineHistory of the Metropolitan Police (12,109 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
later amalgamating into the Metropolitan Police in 1837. Unofficial "thief-takers" operated independently from the Bow Street Runners, being employed byList of last words (18th century) (8,698 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
stooped to friendship with Jonathan Wild, or with any of his detestable thief-takers; and though an undutiful son, I never damned my mother's eyes.": 149–150