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Police courts in nineteenth-century scotland, Volume 2 This page has been left blank intentionally Police courts in nineteenth-century scotland, Volume 2 Boundaries, Behaviours and Bodies daVid G. Barrie and susan Broomhall The University of Western Australia © david G. Barrie and susan Broomhall 2014 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. david G. Barrie and susan Broomhall have asserted their right under the copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing company Wey court east 110 cherry street union road suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, Vt 05401-3818 surrey, Gu9 7Pt usa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Barrie, david G., author. Police courts in nineteenth-century scotland. Boundaries, behaviours and bodies / By david G. Barrie and susan Broomhall. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4724-4967-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4724-4990-0 (ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-4724-4991-7 (epub) 1. Courts of first instance--Scotland--History--19th century. 2. Police magistrates-- scotland--history--19th century. 3. Justices of the peace--scotland--history--19th century. 4. criminal justice, administration of--scotland--history--19th century. i. Broomhall, susan, author. ii. title. iii. title: Boundaries, behaviours and bodies. Kdc860.B37 2014 347.411'02--dc23 2014026192 ISBN 9781472449672 (hbk) ISBN 9781472449900 (ebk – PDF) ISBN 9781472449917 (ebk – ePUB) IV Printed in the united Kingdom by henry ling limited, at the dorset Press, dorchester, dt1 1hd Contents List of Illustrations and Tables vii List of Abbreviations ix Acknowledgements xi IntroductIon 1 I. Introduction 1 II. Analytical Themes 1 III. Book Structure 13 1 ViolenceandVulnerability 15 I. Introduction 15 II. Policing, Property and the Press 21 III. Fragile Masculinities? The Treatment of Male Violence to Other Men 27 IV. Shameful Violence: Men’s Assaults on the Vulnerable 45 V. Disturbing Aggression: Women as Violent Perpetrators 60 VI. Silent Victims: Violent Behaviour towards Animals 71 VII. Conclusion 75 2 breedingcriminals 77 I. Introduction 77 II. Legal Views of Age, Maturity and Capacity 81 III. Non-Adult Offenders before the Courts 87 IV. Breeding Crime and Wee Pawns: Fault and Responsibility 96 V. Imprisoning or Improving? 101 VI. Conclusion 128 3 commerceandcommunity 131 I. Introduction 131 II. Free Passage and Limited Trade 133 III. Consuming Communities 138 IV. Regulating Pawnbrokers, Hindering Crime 151 V. Conclusion 156 vi Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Volume 2 4 Protecting,PurifyingandPolluting 159 I. Introduction 159 II. Cleansing the City, Controlling Commercial Assets 161 III. Building Public Health 168 IV. Conflicting Interests: Smoke Pollution and Business Development 177 V. Conclusion 184 5 time,PlaceandPastimes 187 I. Introduction 187 II. Illuminating and Mapping Boundaries 190 III. Time Gentlemen Please 198 IV. Worldly Pleasures and Respectable Entertainment 212 V. Conclusion 221 6 PoVertyandProstitution 225 I. Introduction 225 II. Begging and Vagrancy 226 III. Soliciting and Sex Work 240 IV. Conclusion 253 conclusion 255 Selected Secondary Reading 261 Glossary 265 Index 269 List of Illustrations and Tables IllustratIon 4.1 ‘Bailie Walls’, 1874. @CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Libraries Collection: The Mitchell Library, Special Collections 181 taBlEs 1.1 Committing Wilful or Malicious Mischief/Breaking or Extinguishing Public Lamps, Edinburgh, 1852 to 1880 23 1.2 Malicious Offences against Property/Malicious Mischief, Glasgow, 1860 to 1890 24 1.3 Apprehensions for Assaults, Men, Edinburgh, 1852 to 1880 29 1.4 Numbers of Assaults Prosecuted in the Police Courts, 1833 to 1835 29 1.5 Apprehensions and Disposal of Assaults (simple), Disorderly Conduct, etc., Glasgow Police Court, 1860 to 1890 31 1.6 Men’s Fines and Imprisonment for Simple Assault, Edinburgh, 1880 32 1.7 Men’s Age at Time of Apprehension for Simple Assault, Edinburgh, 1880 34 1.8 Wards in which Men’s Arrests for Crime, Assault and Simple Assault were made, Edinburgh, 1880 36 1.9 Male and Female Assaults on Police, Edinburgh, 1852 to 1880 39 1.10 Men’s Age at Time of Apprehension for Assault on Wives, Edinburgh 1880 55 1.11 Wards in which Arrests for Assault (simple) on Wives were made, Edinburgh, 1880 58 1.12 Women’s Apprehension for Assault, Edinburgh, 1852 to 1880 61 1.13 Wards in which Female Arrests for Criminal Assault and Simple Assault were made, Edinburgh, 1880 62 1.14 Women’s Age at Time of Apprehension for Simple Assault, Edinburgh 1880 63 1.15 Apprehensions for Child Neglect, Glasgow, 1880 to 1890 70 1.16 Apprehensions and Convictions for Cruelty to Animals, Glasgow, 1860 to 1890 74 2.1 People Under 16 Convicted for Crimes in the Police Court, Edinburgh, 1854 90 viii Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Volume 2 2.2 People Under 16 Convicted for Crimes in the Police Court, Edinburgh, 1864 90 2.3 Crimes and Offences of People Apprehended Under 16 Years of Age, Edinburgh, 1880 92 5.1 Cases of Breaking or Extinguishing Lamps Disposed of in Edinburgh Police Court, 1854 to 1859 194 5.2 Number of People Charged in Edinburgh Police Court with Breaking or Extinguishing Lamps, 1863 to 1868 194 5.3 Wards in Which Thefts Occurred in Edinburgh, 1880, as Recorded in Police Returns 196 List of Abbreviations BPP British Parliamentary Papers DCA Dundee City Archives DCL Dundee Central Library DI Dick Institute, Kilmarnock ECA Edinburgh City Archives ECL Edinburgh Central Library GCA Glasgow City Archives GUL Glasgow University Library, Special Collections NAS National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh NLS National Library of Scotland PKCA Perth and Kinross Council Archives Police Intelligencer The Police Intelligencer, or Life in Edinburgh (These can be found in Edinburgh Central Library) Police Reports Police Reports of Causes tried before the Justices of Peace, and the Glasgow, Gorbals and Calton Police Courts (These can be found in Glasgow City Archives) The Detective The Detective: or, A Journal for the Exposure and Suppression of Crime
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