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Americans are Idiots!
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|Terry Pulliam wrote: | Hardly. Although some of my ancestors came over very early on | (pre-Revolutionary War), I'm willing to bet that a fair number of my | ancestors were horse thieves and loose women, just one step ahead of | the British constabulary. | There wasn't a constabulary back then, but the point is well made! Even in America, the office of Constable predates the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). John Kenerick was appointed constable of the village of Muddy River in Massachusetts in 1652. When Muddy River became the Town of Brookline in 1705 Peter Boylston became its first constable. http://www.brooklinepolice.com/force/history.html Scotland's first constables were appointed in 1617 in the reign of James VI but city and burgh police forces were not established until the 19th century, largely replacing town guards of citizens or old soldiers (although a small but short-lived professional police force had been established in Glasgow in 1778). An Act of 1833 enabled burghs to establish police forces, counties gaining the same powers in 1839. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents/police.htm Owain |
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Americans are Idiots!
"Owain" wrote in message ... barney wrote |Terry Pulliam wrote: | Hardly. Although some of my ancestors came over very early on | (pre-Revolutionary War), I'm willing to bet that a fair number of my | ancestors were horse thieves and loose women, just one step ahead of | the British constabulary. | There wasn't a constabulary back then, but the point is well made! Even in America, the office of Constable predates the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). John Kenerick was appointed constable of the village of Muddy River in Massachusetts in 1652. When Muddy River became the Town of Brookline in 1705 Peter Boylston became its first constable. http://www.brooklinepolice.com/force/history.html Scotland's first constables were appointed in 1617 in the reign of James VI but city and burgh police forces were not established until the 19th century, largely replacing town guards of citizens or old soldiers (although a small but short-lived professional police force had been established in Glasgow in 1778). An Act of 1833 enabled burghs to establish police forces, counties gaining the same powers in 1839. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents/police.htm Owain Still no sign of a Constabulary... |
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