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	Bow Street Runners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		What made them different from the thieftakers was their formal attachment to the Bow Street magistrates office, and that they were paid by the magistrate with funds from central government.
		They worked out of Fielding's office and court at No.4 Bow Street, and did not patrol but served writs and arrested offenders on the authority of the magistrates, travelling nationwide to apprehend criminals.
		Known as the "Blind Beak of Bow Street", John Fielding refined the patrol into first truly effective police force for the capital, later adding officers mounted on horse-back.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bow_Street_Runners (284 words)

	Bow Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The area around Bow Street was developed by the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford in the 1630s.
		No.4 served as a magistrates court from 1739 and the Bow Street Runners were founded there by Henry Fielding in the 1740s.
		The former Bow Street Magistrates' Court and police station was completed in 1881 and closed in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bow_Street (181 words)

	Bow Street Magistrates Court set to close - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With the end of Bow Street Magistrates Court goes a living monument in the development of British justice and a tangible link to the genesis of the capital's police service, descended from a posse created in 1749 by a former magistrate, the novelist Henry Fielding.
		The former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet, arrested in London on a Spanish warrant, was excused from appearing at Bow Street in 1999 because of illness.
		Bow Street's celebrities are vastly outnumbered by the forgotten losers and thugs and who are the bulk of the court's business.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/07/13/bow_street_magistrates_court_set_to_close (836 words)

	Bow - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bow, implement with which the violin and other stringed instruments are played.
		Bow, Clara (1905–1965), American film actress, known as a “Jazz Baby” and as the “It Girl” after her portrayal of a glamorous flapper in the silent...
		Bow Street Runners, British police force of the 18th and early 19th centuries based in London, the first professional police force in Britain.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bow.html (255 words)

	Covent Garden History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As early as 1632, the vicinity of Bow Street and Drury Lane became known as 'Thieving Alley', which was increasingly "Troblinge the adjacent areas...
		Thomas de Veil established the forerunner of the Bow Street Magistrates Court in 1740.
		In 1828 the Bow Street Runners were overtaken by Robert Peel's force (the famous 'Peelers').
	www.coventgarden.uk.com /bowstr.html (1108 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Bow Street Runners
		The Bow Street Runners were established in 1749 by the novelist Henry Fielding in the same year that saw the publication of Tom Jones.
		Bow Street was next to the parish of St Giles where 30,000 people lived in cramped, unhealthy circumstances, and to the hundred of Drury - the theatre district around Covent Garden square which was notorious for its bawdy houses.
		The Bow Street runners, as they came to be known, initially worked for reward money, but were later given one guinea per week plus a bonus for each successful prosecution.
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1403 (479 words)

	Metropolitan Police History
		The Bow Street Runners were the earliest form of detective force operating from the courts to enforce the decisions of magistrates.
		The legacy of the Bow Street Runners can be seen from furniture reputedly owned by a famous Runner, Mr Townsend, the handwritten memoirs of Harry Goddard (1824) and the 1876 obituary of William Ballard, another Bow Street Runner.
		In 1837 the Bow Street horse patrol was transferred to the Metropolitan Police.
	www.met.police.uk /history/archives.htm (2899 words)

	Bow
		Such a bow has a core of some type of wood (usually bamboo), was backed with sinew, had a strip of horn on the belly, spliced ears of some type of wood, with everything held together with an animal glue, especially a fish air bladder type (from the brown croaker, predominantly).
		Although the bow is nowadays thought of primarily as a weapon, it is not clear whether this was the original use of the device.
		πλώρη (bows, prow), υποκλίνομαι (bow to, curtsey, curtsy), τόξο (arc, crossbow).
	www.websters-dictionary-online.net /bo/bow.html (5613 words)

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		Undoubtedly, for the next several days, the Bow Street Runners were the most neatly shaved police force in the world as they kept tabs on the Demon Barber.
		When the Runners arrived at her shop, she was serving some of her ever-present customers and as they learned the horrid contents of their delicious meals, they attempted to lynch Margery Lovett.
		They poured from Fleet Street and Carey Street determined to tear her to bits and hang her on the lamp post in the middle of Bell Yard," reports an anonymous author in an 1878 version of Sweeney Todd's life.
	www.crimelibrary.com /features/fea_printPage.asp?curPage=&thisFile=/serial_killers/weird/todd/race_8.html (377 words)

	Bow Street Runner definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Bow Street Runner definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		early British police officer: an officer of Bow Street magistrates' court, London, from 1749 to 1829, whose duty was to pursue and arrest criminals.
		The Bow Street Runners were the forerunners of the modern British police force.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_561501853/Bow_Street_Runner.html (94 words)

	Bow Street, England royalty-free image
		BOW STREET is so named “as running in shape of a bent bow.” On its west side is the Floral Hall or Arcade, a wholesale market for foreign fruit (sales by auction at 10-30 a.m., daily in summer, thrice weekly in winter).
		Opposite is Bow Street Police Court, the chief of London's fourteen Metropolitan police courts, erected in its present form in 1881.
		The ‘Bow Street Runners,’ or ‘Robin Redbreasts’ (so called from the colour of their waistcoats), were the precursors of the modern detective officers.
	www.gardenvisit.com /travel/london/bowstreet.htm (476 words)

	Irish Times Article - Barrett to expand in UK after paying €25m for Bow Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		UKInvestments: The recent purchase of London's historic Bow Street police station and magistrates' court in Covent Garden marks the debut in the UK property market by Edward Holdings, the Galway-based property and investment company.
		Bow Street's unique history will be respected during the building's redevelopment, promises Barrett.
		Bow Street's history dates back to the formation in 1754 of the Bow Street Runners, the model for the first modern police force.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2005/0804/3322184297RPBOWSTREET.html (419 words)

	The London Bobby \| History of Scotland Yard
		They were nicknamed "Charlie's" their job was to patrol the streets at night armed with only a cudgel and rattle to attract attention if a crime was being committed.
		By 1792 the Bow Street runners had a total of eight office in the city, and the runners were paid a salary of 25 shillings per week, also sharing in any rewards paid for arresting criminals.
		The runners had no uniforms, and it was not till 1805 that uniforms were brought in.
	www.knowledgeoflondon.com /bobby.html (761 words)

	POLICE (Fr. police, go... - Online Information article about POLICE (Fr. police, go...
		Bow Street and Thames police offices where magistrates attended.
		march in procession through the streets, to gather in open spaces, to listen to the harangues, often forcibly expressed, of mob orators, provided always that no obstruction is caused or that no disorder or See also:
		The " runners ' had disappeared when the police organization introduced by Sir Robert Peel came into force in 1829, and at first no part of the new force was especially attributed to the detection of crime.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/POLICE_Fr_police_government_civ.html (3177 words)

	Edward Holdings \| Developments \| Bow Street
		Amongst those who saw the inside of the Bow Street cells were the Fenian dynamite bombers, Oscar Wilde, Sir Roger Casement, and more recently William Joyce, better know as ‘Lord Haw Haw’.
		In the last 25 years, Bow Street was the place where many Irish arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act were arraigned, infamously the Guilford Four and the Maguire Seven.
		It was at Bow Street that the famous Bow Street runners, the first organised police service in London, were based in the 18th century.
	www.edwardholdings.com /developments/bow_street (385 words)

	Bow Street Runners - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bow Street Runners - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Also in the 17th century the City of London started to pay watchmen to guard the streets at night.
		- early British police officer: an officer of Bow Street magistrates' court, London, from 1749 to 1829, whose duty was to pursue and arrest criminals.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bow_Street_Runners.html (150 words)

	The RPG Times - A creative look at roleplaying (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Within two years The Bow Street Runners were feared by criminals across London, and had broken up most of the major street gangs.
		He recognized that most children who survived being abandoned or orphaned on in the streets of London became thieves and prostitutes, and instead of harsh punishment he offered them food, clothing, and the chance to learn the letters and trade in charities he had set up.
		The pair were discovered when the Bow Street Runners were called in to investigate the origins of a horrendous stench coming from the sealed catacombs beneath a church — the evil pair had been dumping the remains of their victims there for quite some time, as the pile of rotting corpses nearly reached the ceiling!
	www.rpgtimes.net /rpgtimes/article.php?article_id=578&origin=current (633 words)

	Bow Street Runners - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sounding like a blend of Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, Bow Street Runners was a Fayetteville, North Carolina-based psychedelic band who released one eponymous album in limited quantities on B.T. Puppy Records in 1970.
		While the group was ignored at the time, Bow Street Runners became a collectible item among psychedelic aficionados during the '80s and '90s, leading to its 1996..
		While the group was ignored at the time, Bow Street Runners became a collectible item among psychedelic aficionados during the '80s and '90s, leading to its 1996 reissue by Sundazed Records.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,405616,00.html (212 words)

	BBC - Crime Fighters - The Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bow Street Runners were an early police force
		In general, the night watchmen provided ineffectual protection for the public, as they were usually elderly gentlemen or other seemingly unemployable individuals, but for the next hundred or so years, they were the only public policing body in the capital.
		On the outskirts of London a group of police officers called the Bow Street Runners, or "Robin Redbreasts" (on account of the red waistcoats they wore as a uniform), were far more successful against highway robbery.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/fighters/policeforce.shtml (1013 words)

	Review of The Thief Taker by T. F. Banks
		With Napoleon on the loose in Belgium and the Regency in full force in England, the Bow Street Runners are among the first professional police departments in the world.
		Bow Street Runner Henry Morton strides the line between society and the rabble of London.
		When the barkeep insists that Bay Street is aware of their establishment, Morton suspects a police connection--one that threatens to ruin his own carefully constructed life.
	www.booksforabuck.com /mystery/thief_taker.html (317 words)

	Bow Street
		In 1740 Sir Thomas de Veil, established a court house in Bow Street near the Opera House in Covent Garden.
		Initially nicknamed Robin Redbreasts, on account of their scarlet waistcoats, the original eight Bow Street Runners were London's first band of constables.
		The Bow Street Runners travelled all over the country in search of criminals and gained a reputation for honesty and efficiency.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /LONbow.htm (251 words)

	The Bow street runners - Victorian Policeman by Simon Dell OBE QCB - Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Bow street runners - Victorian Policeman by Simon Dell OBE QCB - Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
		Sir John had been blind since birth and was known as ‘The Blind Beak’, but despite being blind he was reputed to have known over 3,000 criminals by the sound of their voices.
		Sir John formed the Bow Street Horse Patrol, men armed with truncheon, cutlass and pistol.
	www.devon-cornwall.police.uk /v3/about/history/vicpolice/bow.htm (521 words)

	PBS - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
		They encouraged victims to come forward with descriptions of criminals and their deeds, they developed a primitive system of record-keeping, and they shared this information with other magistrates.
		Their methodical efforts effectively banded eight Westminster constables together into the pioneering police force that became known as the Bow Street Runners.
		The Bow Street Runners gained the trust of a disillusioned public and soon became widely revered.
	www.pbs.org /kqed/demonbarber/madding/thieftaker.html (512 words)

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		A stable in Cato Street, a short distance from Grosvenor Square, was chosen as a rendezvous for the assembling conspirators.
		George, the officer bearing the warrant for the arrest of the conspirators, was one of the first to enter the loft above the stable.
		The surprised conspirators were arming themselves with weapons and a violent struggle began, during which a Bow Street officer was killed and Arthur Thistlewood escaped.
	members.lycos.co.uk /fourcounties/bio.htm (505 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - Where did the slang word Pig for police officers?
		China Street, was cant (language of the underworld) for ‘Bow Street’ of Covent Garden in London.
		Erik Partridge in his Dictionary of Slang tells us that the name ‘China Street‘ (adopted by local nogoodniks) was a synonym for ‘Bow Street’ because of its “proximity to Covent Garden, and its [[China]] oranges” (where the sale of oranges was common).
		I had always assumed, as the original Bow Street runners and even the Bobbies were really only detectives, that pig was applied to policemen for their inclination to wander around in the muck, nosing through the dirt and come up with the goods.
	www.wordwizard.com /newnav/chforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19008 (1228 words)

	SIR JOHN FIELDING HIS LIFE AND TIMES
		In 1748, London was a hot bed of crime, filled with gangs of thieves and cut purses who operated in the light of day as well as the dark of night.
		Replacing watchmen who would just stay in their watch boxes, The Bow Street Runners actually patroled the streets.This was a huge advancement in policing because of their mobility.
		As a result, many more criminals were brought to justice, and the streets and highways were made safer for the citizenry.
	www.angelfire.com /ct/TORTUGA/fielding.html (593 words)

	Bow Street Runners - S/T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		ounding like a blend of Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, Bow Street Runners was a Fayetteville, North Carolina-based psychedelic band who released one eponymous album in limited quantities on B.T. Puppy Records in 1970.
		Using the trippy, folky rock of Jefferson Airplane and eerie, organ-driven soundscapes as a foundation, the Bow Street Runners may not have many original ideas in their head, but that`s part of their appeal.
		Their lone, eponymous album is filled with attempts at hippie mysticism and menacing, swirling fuzzy psychedelia, yet the group has neither the inclination or the talent to turn it into something original..
	www.notlame.com /rss/CDBOWS1.xml (115 words)

	Lisa Kleypas Romance Novels Bowstreet Trilogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In Someone To Watch Over Me, the cynical Bow Street Runner Grant Morgan is assigned to investigate the attempted murder of a beautiful courtesan, Vivian Duvall.
		But Vivian is not what she seems, and Grant is soon captivated by the innocence that he is certain must be an illusion.
		He is drawn to the bewitching Sophia, never suspecting that she has a secret plan to take revenge against him for something that happened long ago in his past.
	www.lisakleypas.com /bowstreet.asp (221 words)

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