Municipal Corporations Act, 274, 277, 306, 391, 393 Munro, Mr, 331, 376 Murdrum, The, 16 Mutual Security, 15, 17 N "New Police," the, 335 Newcastle, Duke of, 158 Newgate, 78, 121, 150, 167, 215, 216 New South Wales, 209, 210 Norfolk, 45, 96, 126, 304 Norman police, 14 Northampton, Assize of, 18, 25 Northamptonshire, 45, 126, 304 Northumberland, 126, 138, 299, 305, 394 Norton, Lord, 351 Nottinghamshire, 126, 129, 304 Norwich, 39 O Obligatory Act, The, 305, 307, 338 Ordeals, 12 Oxford plague regulations, 118 Oxford, Provisions of, 23, 24 Oxford University, 90, 274 Oxfordshire, 45, 126, 305 P Parkhurst, 351 Parliamentary Commissions, viii., 26, 160, 162, 199, 201, 221, 227, 228, 230, 234, 244, 255, 259, 261, 336, 344, 352, 360 Parochial System of Police, 176, 182, 211, 237, 291, 355, 396 Passports, 102, 135 Patrol, Foot, 156, 194, 226, 233 ---- Horse, 156, 194, 224, 233, 263, 264 Peace Guilds, 6 Peace of the Church, 62 ---- of the Sea, 62 Peace Wardens, 44 Peel, Sir R., 227, 228, 230, 243, 245, 251, 256, 262, 309, 372, 399 "Peine forte et dure," 330 Pembrokeshire, 305 Penal Code, the, 204 Penal Servitude Act, 343, 356 Pennsylvania, 347 Pentonville, 347, 348 Permissive Act, the, 293, 296, 298, 301, 396, 310 "Peterloo Massacre," 314 Petty Constable, Oath of, 114 Photography, 359 Pie-poudre, Court of, 270 Pillory, the, 78, 79, 222 Plague, The, 117, 118, 132, 133 Police Act, the, 376 ---- franchise, 399 ---- Disabilities Removal Act, 400 ---- Pensions, 376 ---- Returns Act, 340 ---- Supervision, 357 Poor Laws, 103 Popay, 253, 256, 310 Portland, 343 Portsmouth, 271, 343, 351 Posse Comitatus, the, 8, 39, 45, 54, 276 Præpositus, the, 14, 56 Press, the, 250, 403 Press gang, the, 341 Presentment, 40, 59, 239 Prevention of Crimes Act, 357, 359 Primarii, 68 Prison Act, the, 348 Prisons, 78, 149, 215 Probation of First Offenders Act, 354 Procurator Fiscal, 288 Prosecution of Offences Act, 365 Public Health Acts, 391 ---- Meeting, Right of, 388 ---- offices, 191, 264 ---- prosecutor, 109, 223 ---- works prisons, 348 Purlieu, 66 Q Quarter Sessions, 48, 112, 136, 151, 222, 293, 295, 337, 340, 390, 392 Quarterors, 115 Queen Anne, 144, 145, 146 Queen Elizabeth, 99, 103, 105, 137, 159, 334 Queen Victoria, vii., 277, 349 R Radnorshire, 305 Ragged Schools, 351 Rainsforth, Mr F., 161 Rangers, 68 Recognizances, 355 Reformatories, 350, 353, 354 Reformatory School Act, 352 Regard, Court of, 64, 66 Regarders, 68 Richard I., 19, 44 ---- II., 46, 48, 50, 53 Riot Act, the, 96, 147, 258 Riotous Assemblies, 314 Riots, 202 ---- _see_ Bristol ---- _see_ Gordon ---- Featherstone, 408 ---- Hyde Park, 320 ---- Reform, 327 ---- Chartist, 314