Crime, Courts and Community in Mid-Victorian Wales: Montgomeryshire, People and Places

310 Pages·2018·15.778 MB·English

by  Rachael Jones

Crime, Courts and Community in Mid- Victorian Wales
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Crime, Courts and
Community in
Mid- Victorian Wales
Montgomeryshire,
People and Places
Rachael Jones
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
CARDIFF
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© Rachael Jones, 2018
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978–1-78683–259–7
eISBN 978–1-78683–260–3
The right of Rachael Jones to be identified as author of this work has been
asserted in accordance with sections 77, 78 and 79 of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Funding for this publication by the Marc Fitch Fund is gratefully
acknowledged.
Typeset by Mark Heslington Ltd, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Melksham.
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For my parents
Who never let me down
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1 Montgomeryshire 10
2 The Legal System 31
3 Montgomeryshire Constabulary 52
4 Petty Sessions 76
5 Quarter Sessions 100
6 Assizes 126
7 Theft Offences 150
8 Vice 169
Conclusion 188
Notes 199
Bibliography 260
Index 289
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Appreciation goes to Richard Ireland for invaluable advice,
and to Clive Emsley, Peter King, Richard Moore-Colyer, Keith
Snell, Sujitha Subramanian and Thomas Glyn Watkin for
important constructive criticism. I acknowledge the public
library in Newtown, Powys, for its wonderful local history
resources, and helpful and knowledgeable staff. I am grateful
for the freely available access to the Ancestry website at local
authority libraries, which enabled the start of this project.
I am very grateful to the Marc Fitch Fund and to Mrs D. L.
Jones whose generous support enabled publication.
Finally, and most importantly, I give my appreciation to the
people of n ineteenth- century Montgomeryshire and the
heritage they left.
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