This 1870 murder is the first case in the database. It offers an example of how the data was recorded by the police over the entire period. The Harrison Street Police station was the central police station, and the report of the killing at a railroad yard includes information about the victim and defendant typical of later records.
The practice was to bring the accused person back to the police station to make the arrest and ‘booking’ at the station itself.
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