 Strangers frequently doubt whether New York possesses a police; the doubt is very justifiable, for these guardians of the public peace are seldom forthcoming when they are wanted. They are accessible to bribes, and will investigate into crime when liberally...  The Englishwoman in America - Σελίδα 339των Isabella Lucy Bird - 1856 - 464 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 800 σελίδες
...to ' the Englishwoman,' who also states that in no city in the civilized world is life so insecure. Desperate reprobates called .Rowdies, infest the lower...town, and terrible outrages and murderous assaults are frequent. This evil may be traced to the system which prevails at the election of municipal ollicers,... | |
 | Kenneth T. Jackson, David S. Dunbar - 2002 - 1026 σελίδες
...some obstruction or crowd, there being no policeman at hand with his incessant command, "Move on! I" Strangers frequently doubt whether New York possesses...occurrence as to be thought hardly worthy of notice. . . . The principal stores are situated in Broadway; and although they attempt very little in the way... | |
 | Kenneth T. Jackson, David S. Dunbar - 2002 - 1020 σελίδες
...to bribes, and will investigate into crime when liberally rewarded; but probably in no city in ihe civilised world is life so fearfully insecure. The...occurrence as to be thought hardly worthy of notice. . . . The principal stores are situated in Broadway; and although they attempt very little in the way... | |
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