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  • The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes.
  • Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
  • Set inside the Void, this story follows the life of Edeard, a young 'shaper' whose life is changed forever by a cataclysmic event and he finds his way to the great city of Makkatheren where he enters the service of the constables. Archive 2007-08-01
  • Orford was held by a royal constable, and was built next to what was at the time a major port.
  • The chief constable applied for an order of mandamus directing the justice to rehear the case.
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  • The mere fact, if it be a fact, that the constable reasonably thought that a breach of the peace was likely did not in my judgment justify the arrest of the bailiff.
  • He had seen that stare directed at errant Constables and felt a stir of pity for her.
  • During his time there he worked as a patrol officer and community constable.
  • A scuffle on Friday night ended in a police constable sustaining a fractured hand.
  • Is there no constable, nor headborough, though, to take me out of his house? for I am sure I can safely swear the peace against him: But, alas! he is greater than any constable: he is a justice himself: Such a justice deliver me from! — Pamela
  • All the grounds require reasonable suspicion on the part of a constable.
  • Constables and sergeants wore white gloves, and inspectors and the more senior ranks wore black or brown leather gloves.
  • As she perched on the blanket and started to unlace her boots, she remembered what the constable had said and leapt to her feet. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • The chief constable herself has been touring the county telling people their police have been underfunded for years and the only way forward is more cash.
  • The deceased told Constable Dix that her coffee had a bitter taste to it, and told Mrs Skellern that she could see some undissolved white powder in the bottom of the cup.
  • It included six weeks on training patrol with constables and sergeants. The Sun
  • I left off, though, when I became aware that I was being watched by a belted constable with a damned disinheriting moustache, but I've calculated since that I could have cleared ten thousand dollars a year on the streets of Baltimore, easy, which is two thousand quid, sufficient to buy you a lieutenancy in the Guards in those days - and from the look of some of them, I'd not be surprised. THE NUMBERS
  • There's never a constable around when you need one so the only recourse was that taken by the driver of a bus who sat thumping the horn repeatedly until the twerp came along to move and clear the jam.
  • Some young men were offered jobs as police constables, but the pundit community does not regard policing as a fitting profession.
  • A female constable obligingly stepped out whenever the men wanted access Assiya.
  • No constable or bailiff can knock at the door and demand entry so as to inspect papers or documents.
  • The claimants had commenced proceedings for psychiatric injury caused by the negligence of the chief constable as their employer. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mr. George Constable, filled in perhaps unconsciously from the author's own life; for he, no less than his friend, delighted in collecting relics, and in studying out the lines, prætoria, and general castrametation of the English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
  • A 15-strong team of Lothian and Borders police officers, including a chief inspector, two sergeants and 12 police constables will police the new building.
  • ARE our chief constables going quite potty? The Sun
  • Sheffer -- who knew what makes business men laugh -- pinned his simple faith to three main subjects, convulsive of the diaphragmatic muscles, building up each series upon the inherent humor to be extracted from physical violence as represented in the perpetrations and punishments of Ruff and Reddy, marital infidelity as mirrored in the stratagems and errancies of an amorous ape with an aged and jealous spouse, and the sure-fire familiarity of aged minstrel jokes (mother-in-law, country constable, young married cookery, and the like) refurbished in pictorial serials through the agency of two uproarious and imbecilic vulgarians, Bonehead and Buttinsky. Success A Novel
  • The chief constable has made pledges in this regard and we want to see those kept.
  • Rome would be the gainer by it if her very constables were elected to serve a century; for in our experience we have never even been able to choose a dog-pelter without celebrating the event with a dozen knockdowns and a general cramming of the station-house with drunken vagabonds overnight. Sketches New And Old
  • I cannot recount the number of times I have called up friends in the police and asked for constables to be sent to the trouble spots to bail me out.
  • The constables heap a series of verbal assaults on her, with outrageous comments about her moral behaviour and attitude, for travelling alone with men in the middle of the night.
  • An official assured that the issues of illegal towing of the vehicles by the traffic constables will be looked into and action will be taken against erring officials.
  • This chief constable chappy in Essex seems to be talking a lot of sense. What A Bunch Of Plonkers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Constable Elm found Mr. Duncan at about 4: 50 AM lying unconscious in a pool of blood in his garage.
  • The lord of cuckoldom and its surrounding lands, who is a strange lord, managed things so well, that madame was only conversing with her lord lover at the time that her lord spouse was talking to the constable and the king; at which he was pleased, and so was his wife -- a case of concord rare in matrimony. Droll Stories — Volume 3
  • I had also been a public figure in Merseyside and had risen to the rank of chief constable. The Sun
  • The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
  • The former police constable, and the driving force behind Saturday's ceremony, was one of the first rescuers on the scene 30 years ago.
  • There will also be a push for more people to become special constables or join Neighbourhood Watch schemes. The Sun
  • The computer workstation of a senior constable was secured and information was extracted.
  • Constable McLennan stated that children of primary school age were allowed to cycle on the pavement.
  • The young men gathered in the hotel round the constables, and told blood-curdling stories of his dare-devilism in the North-West. The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy
  • Around 70 special constables are also needed to take the force to full strength.
  • Chief Constable Michael Todd hopes to increase his force's strength from 7,400 to 8,000 in the next financial year.
  • This wide discretion of the chief constable to keep the peace was affirmed by the House of Lords.
  • He would act on your behalf to the chief constable.
  • It is the Chief Constable's responsibility to see that these complaints are properly investigated and result in disciplinary action where appropriate.
  • Special constables provide part-time assistance for the regular police force.
  • Then let us call a constable to ask the same question. The Thief Taker
  • He had been at work in one of the villages further up the coast, and was tailed by a vigilant constable as he attempted his escape.
  • Shortly afterwards the fire brigade arrived, and a detachment of special constables. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hanging in the heart of Edinburgh, Constable's vision of Dedham Vale is a wistful window on to the very soul of rural England.
  • A certain would-be bibliopole, desirous of emulating the Constables, Boyds, and Colburns of this century, lately opened a couple of windows at The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829
  • Cheshire Chief Constable Peter Fahy said bobbies on the beat would become a less common sight as forces race to meet the demands of later opening hours.
  • We have seen charts that describe the organisational chart of a police authority and yet miss off the lowly police constable.sentence dictionary
  • This thief had previous convictions and so was a felon, but the constable fired at him without knowing this.
  • Shortly afterwards the fire brigade arrived, and a detachment of special constables. Times, Sunday Times
  • Two constables and four police community support officers in their own liveried vehicle will keep the peace on service and school buses.
  • The threat of criminal sanction hangs over those who refute the constable's perception of events.
  • Why we love it A rural idyll in Constable country. Times, Sunday Times
  • When any person has been arrested other than at a police station, a constable may carry out a search of the person on three grounds.
  • In this case, it is not suggested that Constable Bishop's actions were justified by the appellant's arrest on the outstanding warrant.
  • MRS YELVERTON BARRY: _ (In lowcorsaged opal balldress and elbowlength ivory gloves, wearing a sabletrimmed brickquilted dolman, a comb of brilliants and panache of osprey in her hair) _ Arrest him, constable. Ulysses
  • It was a fragile relationship, interpreted in contrary ways by different constables.
  • Although Chief Constables cavil occasionally they treat circulars as commands.
  • Responsibility for identifying jurors was thus taken from the constables and given to churchwardens and local overseers of every parish or township in each county.
  • The figures ranged from 21 police constables to 75-80 officers.
  • Mrs Constable interposed with one single emphatic epithet, not admittable to the ears of this generation; but Andrew resumed, and went on. Alec Forbes of Howglen
  • As we turned the corner to the formal entrance to the Senate, university constables in tailcoats and top hats pulled back the heavy iron-railing gates to let us pass.
  • He'd been tracked there from a doss-house in Paddington, where a single viewing of the sketch in the hands of a detective constable had prompted a quick identification from a reception clerk eager to rid the building of the noxious police presence. In the Presence of the Enemy
  • The scheme follows a similar tactic adopted by Scottish police who have posted constables at schools to tackle youths known to be involved in petty crimes such as housebreaking, theft and anti-social behaviour.
  • But its happiest effect was that not another lawsuit took place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known in the province for many years. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I
  • Then they went to a mobile police station and gave his description to a group of community constables.
  • The Commissioner of Police claimed he and the constable exchanged pleasantries - that was his first reaction.
  • The three of them, with four detective constables, would set the ball rolling.
  • Anyone who cannot understand what rex imperator is saying and trying to point out needs to consider (if they are a police officer) whether they are suitable to continue in the office of constable on February 10, 2009 at 1: 04 pm | Reply Von Spreuth Welcome ‘Times’ Readers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Objection was taken to the statement of Police Constable Trow being admitted in evidence, but we found it was properly admitted.
  • Perhaps one of the most fascinating places is Melton Constable in north Norfolk.
  • A police constable was given a warning but a sergeant and an inspector retired before misconduct hearings could be held. The Sun
  • Wiltshire Chief Constable Elizabeth Neville has also been honoured and been made a Dame.
  • The chief constables were running around as if a giant meteorite was on its way. Times, Sunday Times
  • Police chiefs also defended the body armour which both police constables were wearing but which failed to protect them.
  • Now, you must go to Victoria station, and ask every coster, beggar, porter, constable and conductor who was there on Sunday evening if they can remember a man wearing an overcoat that fits our description.
  • Unfortunately there will always be a minority of people who behave unsociably, and this is a first class initiative being brought in by the new Chief Constable, at the request of the Passenger Transport Authority and
  • Special Constables are voluntary police officers who give up their time to plug the hole in police resources.
  • The ex vice squad cop was suspended - and yesterday a Met disciplinary panel reduced his rank to detective constable. The Sun
  • A police constable was given a warning but a sergeant and an inspector retired before misconduct hearings could be held. The Sun
  • Union Art Service - Canadian cartoonist Mike Constable's web site.
  • Officers under investigation range in rank from constables to inspectors. Times, Sunday Times
  • A booby-trap car bomb killed Constable Ronan Kerr outside his home in Omagh, where 29 men, women and children were murdered in 1998. Horror in Omagh as bomb kills Northern Ireland policeman
  • When the request came in, two chief constables stated that otherwise their men would have to withdraw and leave the streets to the mobs. THE ENDLESS GAME
  • The Q car team will include an advanced driver, detective sergeant and a police constable.
  • Call the constable and arrange for a lynch mob post-haste.
  • Castle Howard is the property of the Howard family, while Harewood House and Burton Constable belong to trusts.
  • The Zulu constable forced the pale white man facedown onto the stoep. Let The Dead Lie
  • Constable Frank was wide awake by now, and ready to pick a bone with the innkeeper. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • Hussey added that the constable had told him there was a ring of crackheads working the recreation centres.
  • The duty is not owed to the whole world but, on the facts of this case, to a very limited class, five police constables only.
  • The trial of a chief constable's staff officer accused of stealing a hi-fi from a police property store collapsed after a jury failed to reach a verdict on two charges of theft and one of forgery.
  • He is planning to forge even closer links with the public to help achieve this, recruiting an army of volunteers to supplement the work already being done by officers, special constables and community support officers.
  • I agree that full powers should remain the preserve of qualified and trained police constables.
  • In Bedfordshire inspectors discovered that only one police constable was responsible for reviewing high-risk cases. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Chief Constable, who had already decided that the sergeant should be dismissed, sat next to the chairman of the appeals committee and remained present at the deliberations.
  • Constable Lesage asked Mr. Spiering to produce his ownership and insurance certificates and his driver's licence.
  • THE opportunist mugger was given two years for robbing an exhausted special constable as he trudged home after tackling rioting gangs for 15 hours. The Sun
  • The painting my grandfather gave me turned out to be a Constable.
  • The constables were known to the certificate-holder personally.
  • A sergeant or a constable of police would make a decision, would he or she not, whether to prosecute for a traffic offence?
  • Three police constables have received awards for their bravery in dealing with dangerous situations.
  • The sergeant and constable will appear before a tribunal charged with misconduct. The Sun
  • Though plantations were mini-states - with private jails, stockades and whipping posts - planters also depended on the army, judges, mayors and local constables to force workers to submit to their will.
  • It had been my custom to throw the babes into the river which nature had thoughtfully provided for the purpose, but that night I did not dare to leave the oilery for fear of the constable. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales
  • When some of the constables, havildars and other employees of the KSRP were asked to come on stage along with their children and wives to receive the prizes, the proud fathers walked in style with their head held high.
  • The agent must have relished the moment because he devoted much of his spare time to working as a special constable. Times, Sunday Times
  • A sergeant or a constable of police would make a decision, would he or she not, whether to prosecute for a traffic offence?
  • But all that pales into insignificance alongside the 2million forked out by chief constables so that coppers can listen to the radio. The Sun
  • Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty, it is argued, properly belongs in constitutional law.
  • At that time the British Constable was responsible for law and order in hiss village. Agricultural Co-ordination Within the Empire
  • We were running so far behind that the only thing which saved us from a dispossess was the fact that they couldn't get a constable who would carry the snakes out to the sidewalk; but Merritt was a resourceful cuss and I felt confident that he would figure out some scheme to win out. Side Show Studies
  • Discipline in all walks of life, punctuality, politeness and good manners are expected from the police constables and officers.
  • ARE our chief constables going quite potty? The Sun
  • With a sudden jerk of his head, the silent constable directed her roughly inside.
  • Leslie Sharp, Strathclyde's chief constable, last year won an extra ￡4.7 million to put another 155 officers on patrol.
  • Chief constables are calling a national meeting in an attempt to cut days lost from stress and save millions from their stretched budgets. Times, Sunday Times
  • Likewise if a lowly constable is failing he too is moved on. Police Do As They Are Told Shock!!!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • ”—“You may say that, Sheriff, ” quoth Tom, —and then lingering a moment for Constable—“My certy, ” he added, scratching his head, “and I think it will be a grand season for our buiks too. Paras. 50-73
  • Chief Constable Frank Taylor plans to employ civilians in key posts releasing more officers for patrol duties.
  • The unarmed police constables who stopped him said he told them that he was a political activist. Times, Sunday Times
  • The young constable crawled on top of him using his shield to protect them both. The Sun
  • A drunken man assaulted two special constables when they intervened in a row in the town centre, Swindon magistrates heard.
  • The constable had reasonable grounds for arresting her.
  • In colonial America, policing relied on community consensus and citizens' service as constables and in sheriffs' posses.
  • Mr Watkinson, from Constable Burton, near Leyburn, won best male with his aged ram.
  • A probationary constable at Lismore police station died on Tuesday morning.
  • Volunteers are accompanied by a uniformed officer, special constable or police community support officer.
  • The officers range in rank from constable to inspector. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is BONUS SOCIUS with headborough and constable. Redgauntlet
  • Two police constables who questioned why they were not being issued firearms and were prevented from conducting enquiries into drug and firearm offences are now at the centre of a probe.
  • Shortly afterwards the fire brigade arrived, and a detachment of special constables. Times, Sunday Times
  • He had been in the police force for 15 years, rising to the rank of detective constable but was sacked following his conviction.
  • The panel will advise chief constables on whether the cases should be reopened. Times, Sunday Times
  • Does the flag also symbolise if you Chief Constable is/was/maybe a serial shagger. on May 16, 2009 at 7: 45 pm Bob The First Of The Gang To Die. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • And why must all policemen start as constables?
  • Thomas Percy, one of the conspirators, was a distant cousin, had been employed by Northumberland as constable of Alnwick castle, and had been made a gentleman pensioner.
  • Some of the gallery's most famous exhibits include Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, Constable's The Hay Wain and Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
  • The past year had transformed the shy Bostonian and amateur missionary into the restless constable of Saint-Esprit. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • The new police signified a move away from a degree of popular control that had existed in some places over parish constables.
  • In due course, she was charged with and convicted of obstruction of a police constable in the execution of his duty.
  • From this body the petty local officials were chosen; namely, the Gobernadorcillo, or ‘Petty Governor,’ and his lieutenants, the alguaciles, or constables, and other minor officers.
  • Mr. Lloyd Our objective is that the number of special constables should equal about 20 percent. of the regular police force.
  • The constable pointed to a discreet notice - scarcely bigger than a visiting card - that was pinned by the letter-box. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
  • It only survives because most of the rank and file carry on in spite of the quality of chief constables. The Sun
  • The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.
  • _ Pray, Madam, do not thus suspend my doubtful Soul; but if you do design to insnare my Life, speak, speak freely: Or if the Constable be at the Door, let him shew his Staff of Authority, perhaps I may corrupt him with a Bribe. The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold
  • In less than twenty seconds all four barrels were in position and, in another twenty, Hardanger, the sergeant and two constables, a pair on each side of the heavy ponderous cider-press, were starting on their back swing. The Satan Bug
  • A chief constable was acquitted of charges of corruption.
  • But I am advised that of today, 15 people are currently engaged as temporary constables.
  • In addition the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has thrown in his two penn'orth by insisting that parade organisers employ marshals to man the route at the princely sum of £50 per day per marshal. Remembrance Day Parades Under Threat
  • Altogether, 74% or three-quarters of nurses and midwives are being offered less total pay than police constables.
  • The police were joined by uniformed community safety wardens, Richmond Council park patrol officers and special constables.
  • It is virtually impossible for a Police Authority to obtain a report from a chief constable contrary to his wishes.
  • “Should I call a constable?” the housekeeper asked. Earl of Durkness
  • Reynolds gave his approval, but John Constable was disparaging about their aesthetic value.
  • Detective Constable Ian Thornton and PC Kim Wandless tracked Wood down to a tunnel under King's Road and he was arrested.
  • THE opportunist mugger was given two years for robbing an exhausted special constable as he trudged home after tackling rioting gangs for 15 hours. The Sun
  • Actually, the route that the bus follows was charted by a police constable by the name of Tolmer.
  • Traffic constable Paul Davenport told the inquest that at the time of the accident, the road was dry, clean and free from any obstruction.
  • The past year had transformed the shy Bostonian and amateur missionary into the restless constable of Saint-Esprit. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • A sergeant was fired in May and two constables remain on police bail. The Sun
  • Storm in a provincial tea-cup as British 'bobbies' go extra-judicially ballistic over alleged 'kiddie porn' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Storm in a provincial tea-cup as British \'bobbies\' go extra-judicially ballistic over alleged \'kiddie porn\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The challenge, which is presently under review by the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire (England) has its origins in a claim by a community administrator in a rural riverside community on the border between Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire that a local photo-journalist had "pandered to pedophilia" by taking a photograph during an award ceremony at the local community center to which the "press" had been invited ...' Storm in a provincial tea-cup as British 'bobbies' go extra-judicially ballistic over alleged 'kiddie porn'
  • Apart from the young constable, whose radio was crackling like an egg in a hot frying pan, the front hall was empty. DEAD BEAT
  • Laughs there are aplenty, Sarah Woodward's pantomime depiction of constable Dogberry proving a particular hit with the groundlings.
  • The office of alguacil-mayor [high constable] in this city was held by Hernan Lopez: he has lived during the last three years in The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
  • In this case the problem arose because the judge knew the Chief Constable who was a witness for the prosecution.
  • Special constables have the same powers as regular police constables.
  • The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
  • The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
  • The murder of the constable was, if not properly accidental, at least rather in the nature of chance medley.
  • Are people like the applicant sworn in as police constables?
  • I had a girlfriend some years ago who had a bad experience with a creep who tried to assault her in a unisex bathroom and a constablery which wouldn't even deign to accept a statement from her since she wasn't a fluent French speaker and an American tourist. Paris.
  • `You know what happened when the last constable overspent his limit. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • The painting my grandfather gave me turned out to be a Constable.
  • Constable died in 1837 feeling that his ambitions had not been realized.
  • Those sections did not require the appointment of the relevant council officers as constables. Times, Sunday Times
  • The claimants had commenced proceedings for psychiatric injury caused by the negligence of the chief constable as their employer. Times, Sunday Times
  • He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime.
  • The constable reported that following the initial investigation, a search warrant was obtained.
  • One of the things I have found a bit depressing about being a constable is the realisation that money and an expensive education is no guarantee of good manners and common sense. Good For The Goose « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • She also had no information as to whether the constable has been relieved of his duties pending the completion of the investigation.
  • Time, distance, and social isolation ensured that each patrolling constable carried a mobile Panopticon with him.
  • It was part of the constable's duty hue and cry after an escaping criminal.
  • Uniformed men and Wycliffe's detective constables were questioning the very few people who actually lived in the street.
  • He was accompanied by a Detective Constable.
  • The young constable crawled on top of him using his shield to protect them both. The Sun
  • Their social organization is very complete; each village has its headman or manjhi, with his assistant the paranik; the jogmanghi is charged with the supervision of the morals of the young men and women; the naeke is the village priest, the godet is the village constable. Folklore of the Santal Parganas
  • 'amended*, acts of 1935, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following clause: —; provided, however, that no constable or special constable shall stop or arrest any person for viola - tion of a motor vehicle law unless such constable or special constable is in uniform or displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • Laver's second in command, Carl Winter, was a brilliant and witty Australian who was generous with information from his studies of the Constable collection and portrait miniatures, following Basil Long's work on the latter.
  • In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving: Book summary
  • He had the privilege of choosing the officers who were to serve under him, of administering justice as chief constable (alguacil), and his orders were revocable only by the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
  • The force is offering people the chance to accompany their local constable on patrol to see what it is really like at the cutting edge of crime-fighting.
  • His e-mail asked if assistant chief constables and ranks above were eligible for cash bonuses on crime performance statistics. The Sun

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