Whores and highwaymen: crime and justice in the eighteenth-century metropolis
Auteur :
Durston, Gregory J
Éditeur :
Waterside Press
ISBN :
9781904380757
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of the title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees.