Over the long years of Queen Victoria's reign the authorities' attitudes to crime and the punishments given out to criminals changed considerably.
In
this period of many changes, there were new developments also in the way
in which criminals were detected and dealt with. The
Montgomeryshire County Constabulary was one of the first county
police forces set up in Wales. Montgomery itself was the scene of many
criminal trials and the site of the County Gaol where many criminals were
locked up.
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The
interior of
Montgomery Gaol
Montgomery Gaol