Word: truncheon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...North Shields, police first blocked a jobless march on the offices of the Public Assistance Committee. Thwarted, the marchers tried to hold a public meeting in the public street. When constables charged with drawn truncheons a well-aimed bottle caught a constable full in the left eye, sent him hurrying to hospital while the truncheon charge went on, dispersed the jobless, but not for long...
...Byng report and the Clydesdale holdup were enough for police chiefs to plan a revolutionary move, the arming of London's bobbies. Ever since their organizer, Sir Robert Peel, lent his nickname to the London Police, they have carried nothing more formidable than a short wooden truncheon. Last week the tradition of the incorruptible, unarmed British policeman (like the tradition of the invulnerable Bank of England) trembled in the balance. Twenty-five bobbies were up on charges of accepting bribes from publicans, bookmakers, and tradespeople...