Roughs in the Public Streets!That magnificent success thelong after, by Sir Robert Peel Bobbies, or Peelers rhe Watei- Ilug. Police ? There ivere none ! Policeman, was invented, -hence their familiar name … The Watchman. In 1812 they only had the Watchman. The book says,—These men have a comfortable great coat (!) a Lantern,a Rattle, and a large Stick, to attack thieves. (!) Itwould be very wrong if he went to sleep, and sufferedthieves to do as they pleased. (!) Compare, dear Reader, these poor Old…
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