Peace Officers appointed under the 1814 Peace Preservation Act , their role was to administer protection / justice as directed by the local Magistrates. They were replaced by the Royal Irish Constabulary ( R.I.C.) in 1823. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net>wrote: > >From the following article, does anyone know what a peace officer was and > how appointed. It seems he did not have significant authority. > > Bill. > > The Morning Chronicle, Thursday, September 2, 1824. [NLI] > > > ATTEMPT AT SEDUCTION. > > > On Saturday evening, about five o'clock, several persons were attracted > to the upper part of Trinity street, by the wild and distracted cries of a > female of about 14 years of age, that had just escaped from one of those > houses of infamous character in that neighbourhood. She clang particularly > to a woman in the crowd, of a decent and motherly appearance, who had a > child in her arms, and besought her protection. When she recovered a > little > from her agitation, on being questioned as to the particulars of the > transaction, she told the following story with the most heart-touching > candour and simplicity: - She lived in TULLOW, in the county of Carlow; her > name was ANTY (Anastasia?) SIMMONS. Some people from that neighbourhood > came to Donybrook to sell cheese at the fair; she purchased a small stock, > and accompanied them. On Saturday, whilst in the fair, a man of sedate and > respectable appearance, in company with a fine looking lady, came up to > her, > and, after some conversation, told her if she came into town he would > immediately give her a good place in his family, as he wanted a servant of > her description; that the lady and all the neighbours advised her to come > into town, which she accordingly did, with the gentleman, who shortly after > leaving the fair, parted from the lady. He brought her to the house 'there > beyand', and took her up stairs; that a woman (after some whispering > between > them) immediately came up, and began to close the shutters, and he > thereupon > attempted to take liberties with her; that on perceiving his object, she > screamed, and ran down stairs; the two women below thought to hold her, but > she escaped from them. At the conclusion of her story, she turned round to > the crowd in the most pathetic manner and said: "Oh, all I want in the wide > world is that some good Christian will bring me back to the people I know > in > the fair, that I may get home to my own country. I had often heard of > Dublin, but I never knew what it was before." Here the poor creature burst > into tears. A gentleman who happened to be passing requested she would > accompany him to College street Police-office, where the above complaint > was > put in form on the day-constable's book. There being no Magistrate at that > time in attendance, PEACE-OFFICER HALPIN, in the most praiseworthy manner, > made her go along with him to the house to which she had been entrapped. > The peace-officer being told by a person who had seen the gentleman follow > the little girl from the house of ill fame, that he was walking up and down > Dame-street, pursued him, and on addressing him, he assumed a most > determined tone. He asked the peace-officer for his authority for stopping > him; the other evaded the question, as he had no warrant for taking him > into > custody, and told him, all he wanted (and he would not let him go unless he > gave it) was his address. He at length, after much altercation, went into > a > public house, and wrote a name and address, which he gave to the officer as > his. The peace-officer then sent the child to her friends in the fair; she > promised him she would come back yesterday (Sunday), but as the fair was > broken up on Saturday evening, it is supposed she went home with her poor > neighbours. Several persons attended the poor girl to the police-office, > and some of their names were taken down, who saw her make her escape. > [My caps] > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Mick, Does anyone know of a place where all the Peace Officers for any particular county would be listed ... I'm looking into a family called Fletcher whose forbear was a policemen said to have been assigned to Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, at the time of the Napoleonic Wars ... I wonder who policed the streets before 1814? Best for now, Turtle Turtle Bunbury www.turtlebunbury.com Old Fort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland Mob: + 353 - (0) 87 - 6453 486 Skype: turtle1847 Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author and travel writer based in Ireland. He has lately launched www.HistoryinaBook.com which offers an innovative way to transform your family history into a compelling read. Turtle's seventh book, Vanishing Ireland - Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World, with photographer James Fennell, was the top- selling Picture Book in Ireland over Christmas 2009. On 5 Mar 2010, at 09:42, michael purcell wrote: > Peace Officers appointed under the 1814 Peace Preservation Act , > their role > was to administer protection / justice as directed by the local > Magistrates. They were replaced by the Royal Irish Constabulary > ( R.I.C.) in > 1823. > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net > >wrote: > >>> From the following article, does anyone know what a peace officer >>> was and >> how appointed. It seems he did not have significant authority. >> >> Bill. >> >> The Morning Chronicle, Thursday, September 2, 1824. [NLI] >> >> >> ATTEMPT AT SEDUCTION. >> >> >> On Saturday evening, about five o'clock, several persons were >> attracted >> to the upper part of Trinity street, by the wild and distracted >> cries of a >> female of about 14 years of age, that had just escaped from one of >> those >> houses of infamous character in that neighbourhood. She clang >> particularly >> to a woman in the crowd, of a decent and motherly appearance, who >> had a >> child in her arms, and besought her protection. When she recovered a >> little >> from her agitation, on being questioned as to the particulars of the >> transaction, she told the following story with the most heart- >> touching >> candour and simplicity: - She lived in TULLOW, in the county of >> Carlow; her >> name was ANTY (Anastasia?) SIMMONS. Some people from that >> neighbourhood >> came to Donybrook to sell cheese at the fair; she purchased a small >> stock, >> and accompanied them. On Saturday, whilst in the fair, a man of >> sedate and >> respectable appearance, in company with a fine looking lady, came >> up to >> her, >> and, after some conversation, told her if she came into town he would >> immediately give her a good place in his family, as he wanted a >> servant of >> her description; that the lady and all the neighbours advised her >> to come >> into town, which she accordingly did, with the gentleman, who >> shortly after >> leaving the fair, parted from the lady. He brought her to the >> house 'there >> beyand', and took her up stairs; that a woman (after some whispering >> between >> them) immediately came up, and began to close the shutters, and he >> thereupon >> attempted to take liberties with her; that on perceiving his >> object, she >> screamed, and ran down stairs; the two women below thought to hold >> her, but >> she escaped from them. At the conclusion of her story, she turned >> round to >> the crowd in the most pathetic manner and said: "Oh, all I want in >> the wide >> world is that some good Christian will bring me back to the people >> I know >> in >> the fair, that I may get home to my own country. I had often heard >> of >> Dublin, but I never knew what it was before." Here the poor >> creature burst >> into tears. A gentleman who happened to be passing requested she >> would >> accompany him to College street Police-office, where the above >> complaint >> was >> put in form on the day-constable's book. There being no Magistrate >> at that >> time in attendance, PEACE-OFFICER HALPIN, in the most praiseworthy >> manner, >> made her go along with him to the house to which she had been >> entrapped. >> The peace-officer being told by a person who had seen the gentleman >> follow >> the little girl from the house of ill fame, that he was walking up >> and down >> Dame-street, pursued him, and on addressing him, he assumed a most >> determined tone. He asked the peace-officer for his authority for >> stopping >> him; the other evaded the question, as he had no warrant for taking >> him >> into >> custody, and told him, all he wanted (and he would not let him go >> unless he >> gave it) was his address. He at length, after much altercation, >> went into >> a >> public house, and wrote a name and address, which he gave to the >> officer as >> his. The peace-officer then sent the child to her friends in the >> fair; she >> promised him she would come back yesterday (Sunday), but as the >> fair was >> broken up on Saturday evening, it is supposed she went home with >> her poor >> neighbours. Several persons attended the poor girl to the police- >> office, >> and some of their names were taken down, who saw her make her escape. >> [My caps] >> >> ======================================= >> Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must >> subscribe >> to the List. Its FREE! >> --------------------------------------- >> To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without >> the >> quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. > No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >