Tales from Bow Street - Joan Lock
Category: History
Tags: History, Crime
Bow Street Magistrates Court is justly famous as the birthplace of an efficient system of summary jurisdiction. Less well-known are some of the fascinating characters who have taken part in the courts dramas over the years. Most people know of the early pioneer stipendiary magistrates Henry and John Fielding. But what of Nicholas Bond, the ambitious and devious Bow Street Runner who (under Johns patronage) became a clerk of the court and later a Bow Street Magistrate? And what of the noted highwayman Hawke, who had escaped prison in 1774 and now terrorised the wealthiest Londoners? Not to mention Mary Scroote, who brutally felled the man who refused her advances., At the turn of the 19th century, Bow Street took on a legally armed Britain., Tales from Bow Street is a gripping narrative of the history of Londons policing. Join Joan Lock as she delves into the criminal underworld of 18th-century London, a city riddled with pickpockets, prostitutes, highwaymen and murderers., From the han
