Crime and punishment
A police journal of the 1840's
The extracts on these pages are taken from the daily Police Journal of a constable based in Montgomery in 1843-44. It is clear that a very close watch was kept on strangers and on locals with a bad reputation. Lodging houses and 'beer shops' were checked on a daily basis.
County Archives
M/SOC/7/42
The entry above, for 18th September 1843, reads as follows:
"Lodging Houses - 8 - no Suspicious Persons in
the Lodging Houses
Public Houses - 11 - visited the Public Houses and found them
all Orderly"
Other entries in the journal show that the public houses and beer shops on his round were not always quite as orderly as on this occasion, as shown on another page.
There are 6 pages in this sequence. Use the box links below to view the other pages.
