Title: Truncheons; their romance and reality. ... Special and chief constables' staves, tipstaves and truncheons. Earliest railway truncheons, "tythings", "hundreds", "leets," ceremonial and bludgeons. ... With a short history of Bow Street runners, Townsend and the origin of the police.
Authors: Clark, Erland Fenn.
Publisher: H. Jenkins,
Year: 1935
Subjects: Truncheons.; Police England History.