. Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. With reminiscences of the past, including some notes of important cases . ll unemployed persons who would not work at rates fixed bythe town and see that they were imprisoned, quarters havingbeen provided for them. The community of Hartford in thoseearly days was essentially socialistic, and would be called so inthese davs, and fixed rates of wages were maintained by thetown, and no man could re
. Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. With reminiscences of the past, including some notes of important cases . ll unemployed persons who would not work at rates fixed bythe town and see that they were imprisoned, quarters havingbeen provided for them. The community of Hartford in thoseearly days was essentially socialistic, and would be called so inthese davs, and fixed rates of wages were maintained by thetown, and no man could refuse to work for the price and noman could refuse to pav the price to those he employed with-out incurring the displeasure of the court and receiving punish-ment. It was no era of idleness, and there was somethingdoing all the time. The early records have many regulationsabout stray cattle and hogs, and about fences, and the early con-stables had fully as much to do in the line of warning ownersof these animals to care for them and seeing that fences werekept to the proper state as prescribed by the law-making bodyas in any other line of duty. It was the duty of the constables of those early days to seethat lying children received due correction at the hands of their. MOTO. BY STUAR Squire BENNING of the Town Court. History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. 9 parents, or to refer their grievous crime to the authorities ;to collect five shillings fine from all persons who remained awayfrom church; to bring all persons to the magistrate who con-temned Gods word or His messengers, where they were to befined five pounds and required to stand upon a block or stand,four feet high, upon a lecture day with a paper affixed, saying An Open and Obstinate contemner of Gods Holy Word. Whipping was a common resort for minor offenses, and itwas done at the carts tail upon a lecture day, that is, a dayother than Sunday during which there was religious co
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