 ... acts relating to watching and lighting the city, and providing for the expense thereof. The modern policeman is a creature of statute. The ancient conservator of the peace was the watch and constable, much after the Dogberry pattern, and all citizens...  Municipal Government - Side 257av Frank J. Goodnow - 1909 - 401 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 994 sider
...the earliest conservators of the peace were the constables. The first watchman was appointed in July, 1700, by the Provincial Council, and had the whole care of the city within his charge. He was appointed and empowered " to go round ye town with a small Bell in the night time to give notice... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - 1886 - 576 sider
...constable, much after the Dogberry pattern, and all citizens were bound to take their turn in keeping watch. The first watchman was appointed in 1700 by the Provincial Council, and had the whole care of the city. It was his duty to go through the city at night ringing a bell, to cry out the time of night and the... | |
 | Edward Pease Allinson, Boies Penrose - 1887 - 468 sider
...modern policeman is a creature of statute; the conservator of the peace of old time being the constable. The first watchman was appointed in 1700 by the provincial...night ringing a bell, to cry out the time of night and the state of the weather, and to inform the constables of any disorder or fires. In 1704 it was ordered... | |
 | Edward Pease Allinson, Boies Penrose - 1887 - 576 sider
...constable, much after the Dogberry pattern, and all citizens were bound to take their turn in keeping watch. The first watchman was appointed in 1700 by the Provincial Council, and had the whole care of the city. It was his duty to go through the city at night ringing a bell, to cry out the time of night and the... | |
 | Frank Johnson Goodnow - 1908 - 336 sider
...Penrose, in their "Philadelphia. ' ' Here it is said : J " The first watchman was ap1 P. 34. pointed in 1700 by the provincial council, and had the whole...any disorder or fire. In 1704 it was ordered by the cpmrnon council that the city be divided into ten precincts and that an equal number of watchmen be... | |
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