Hudson spent the night at the tavern, and appeared at times so rational, that he was not strictly guarded; consequently, when the constable looked for him after breakfast, the bird had flown.
The Constable was returning to his hotel, having spent a festive evening with his sovereign, when he was set on by his assassins.
The murder of the Constable of France, Oliver de Clisson, followed soon after, and quite completed the break down of poor Charles's mind.
Eventually, the Constable was permitted by his captor to purchase his freedom, a condition which was no sooner complied with, than the duke repented having allowed his foe to escape from his hands.
The Irreconcilability of the Constable and the Tramp, for instance?
And this I developed, giving the facts and figures, the constablefees and the mileage, and the court and jail expenses.
A mounted constable was just then backing in upon the crowd, and before he could gather the meaning of the shout that arose from the bystanders, his horse had set down one hind-hoof firmly on the prostrate man's back.
I was called by Constable Simmonds at eleven-forty-nine, and reached the house at two minutes to twelve in company with Inspector Harris and Divisional Surgeon Davidson.
We entered a small lobby or hall, and from thence passed into the sitting-room, where we found Mr. Marchmont keeping his vigil, in company with a constable and a uniformed inspector.
In a twinkling she had tweaked out a dozen hairs, which a constable handed across to Thorndyke, by whom they were at once fixed in a paper-clip.
Had it not been for the constable who stood between and for myself who stood beside, she would have flown at poor Jenny with nail and claw and, indeed, any other weapon which Nature had given to woman.
Now, if the watchman brings few cases to the constable, and those all poor rogues, he may lose his place: and if the constable pockets all the bribes and brings the magistrate none, he may lose his place.
Considering that the Captain had been living for eight years at least in and about St. Giles's, and robbing about all the roads that run out of London, perhaps the Constable did know him by sight.
But the constable kept her back with his strong arm.
The Constablein charge sat at a table, a book before him, entering the case: Mr. Probus stood beside him, shaking his virtuous head with sorrow.
It is not for me,' the worthy Constable added, 'to remember anything.
Sir John Gage, the Constable of the Tower, is gently leading her by the left hand to the block, and gazing on her with a surprising compassion and regard--a very noble head.
Constable made a point of publishing on Saturday as late as light would allow, so that his literature might burst upon the Glen on Sabbath morning with all the charm of a surprise.
It was understood that Jock Constable could ride anything in the shape of a horse, and that afternoon he had got ten miles an hour out of an animal which had been down times without number, and whose roaring could be heard from afar.
When Brunbrae went out again, Jock Constable had arrived, and an old mare was being run up and down the field at such speed as a limp allowed.
Atkinson gave every assurance that the constable whom he had placed in charge of the lady was perfectly to be depended upon, and that the room in which she was locked up, was too high to admit the possibility of escape.
She tried the door, but found it locked; and the constableslept on.
Charles once actually invaded Provence, but was forced to retreat through the devastation of the country before him by Montmorençy, afterwards Constable of France.
The French, under theConstable of Montmorençy, came to relieve the city, and were utterly defeated, the Constable himself being made prisoner.
A third party, headed by the old Constable De Montmorençy, was Catholic in faith, but not unwilling to join with the Huguenots in pulling down the Guises, and asserting the power of the nobility.
Laking went into the other rooms on the ground floor, and switched on the light in all of them, while the constable and myself made a careful examination in order to see whether any robbery had taken place.
I shouted, as he approached with the constableat his side, and the groom behind.
His lordship and his friends were about the farms a-shootin' all day," the constable replied.
I explained how narrowly I had escaped death, and then in reply to the constable described the dastardly plot of which I had been the victim.
About half-past ten we four men walked down the avenue into the village, where we found the constable with two other officers in plain clothes.
The constable had sent Lane round to the police station, and an inspector, entering the room, was told what had occurred, and was shown the human eye.
The constable was as much puzzled as myself regarding the motive of the attack.
Thank you, m'lord," the constable replied, and as I glanced covertly at Winsloe I saw that his face had fallen.
I could, of course, have gone forth to King Street with a constable and given him in charge for the attempt upon me.
Therefore they all three descended, and leaving the groom with the horse, we allowed ourselves to be guided by the constable to the spot where the body was lying.
We explained to the constable that a doctor in the vicinity had been called, and while we awaited his arrival I made a tour of the room with the officer.
While the constable Marvin repacked the precious box to replace it, Pickering and myself went to the drawer and looked over the letters.
At last Edwards ascended the stairs with Horton and another constable in plain clothes, and scrambled across the settle to where we stood.
The electric bell rang sharply, the cook went to answer the door, and a few moments later a constable in uniform entered.
At last he inquired of the constable on point-duty, and then went up St. Martin's Lane.
The constablewas then some distance down the hill, therefore they passed him.
You will hand me the tracing over which you have so ingeniously deceived me, or I shall call the constable yonder and have you detained while we communicate with the Admiralty.
A constable passed us, and in order to avoid being noticed we walked together for some distance.
The constable was the occasion of all this transgressing the bounds of his office, and that in six things.
The constable would then stand in front of his victim and force the knife or plate into her mouth, the divided band passing on either side of her nose, which would protrude through the opening.
You are enjoined to make them fast to the cart-tail & draw them through your several towns, and whip them on their naked backs not exceeding ten stripes in each town, and so convey them from Constable to Constable on your Perill?
Much tumult was there about this: many Frenchmen were in town, and other strangers, who were not satisfied with this dealing of the constable yet were quiet.
The fee of a sheriff or constable for ducking was twenty pounds of tobacco.
This being perceived by the constable who followed the beadle to see that he did his duty, he (the constable) applied the cane without any such management or precaution to the shoulders of the beadle.
Constable Moriarty suggested that Miss Blow should be arrested on a charge of drunkenness, and locked up for the night.
Sergeant Farrelly, Constable Cole, and Constable Moriarty arrived at the door.
She didn't say a word to Moriarty, good nor bad, but she went out into the street and she asked the first three men she met where was Sergeant Farrelly and Constable Cole.
Constable Moriarty," he said, "you will take that note over to Ballymoy and hand it to the District Inspector.
Constable Cole slipped quietly out into the garden and took a turn at the potatoes which the sergeant had been obliged to leave undug.
The world," said Constable Cole, "is full of trouble, any way you look at it.
He stowed the parcel in the well of the car, and was able as he did so to still further embarrass the unfortunate Constable Moriarty.
Constable Moriarty," he went on, "will accompany the sergeant, and will be prepared to act vigorously in the event of the use of force being necessary to effect the capture of the prisoner.
Constable Moriarty, embarrassed and very pink about the face, stood in front of her.
We stepped into the hall of the house, Constable Cole being about two paces behind me.
How would it be," said Constable Cole, "if you was to go in to her and tell her that it was Constable Moriarty that was to go with the sergeant to Rosivera?
He was always a bit of a lad, that Patsy Devlin," said Constable Cole.
You can tell the constable to take my horse and trap round to the hotel.
She knew that Sergeant Farrelly, Constable Cole, and the prisoner must pass the hotel on their way to the barrack.
There, I thought it was a do," said the firstconstable roughly.
Mrs Hallett says that it is such an admirable arrangement, having a police-constable on the premises, and that she has never before felt so safe since she has been in London.
The constable paid unwitting tribute to William the Conquerer by crying Squire Hawkins's court open with an Oyez!
For the constable was already calling his name; the court, the spectators, and, most of all, Dr.
A messenger was sent to apprehend him, but Millar had a constable in readiness, and he gave the messenger into custody, and he was carried to Guildhall to answer for the assault.
The embryo chief left a considerable store of pistols in the custody of Mr. Porteus, which were delivered to the chief constable of Manchester.
The delusion led to the "Canterbury riots," in which a constable was shot by Thom himself, and Lieutenant Bennet was killed by some of his enthusiastic followers.
The confinement of Wilkes, however, was of short duration, for on the 3rd of May, a writ of habeas corpus was directed to the constable of the Tower, by which he was brought before the court in Westminster Hall.
A further enactment forbade any constable under the provisions of this hill from voting at an election, or exercising any other employment.
But as he staggered to the witness-bench, and elbowed the constable aside, he arrested the attention of every one.
In one corner lay the ragged blouse and trousers of the fugitive, which the constable instantly recognized.
Then it suddenly flashed upon him that Beasley did NOT smoke, nor the constable either.
The dreadful recollection that the deputy had the power to detail him and the constable to scour the plain while he remained behind in company with Sue stopped Ira's further objections.
Then the back door of the house opened, and the constablecame forth, half-awakened and apologetic, and with the bewildered haste of a belated man.
Well, when the master-player threw his glove into Master Stubbes's face, the Chief Constable seized him for contempt of Stratford Council, and held him for trial.
The Lord High Constable hastily finished the laugh that he had hidden in his hand.
The Lord High Constable of England was come to sit below the Queen.
The Constable at once gave them welcome, and assigned them seats at the lower table.
A feudal process was commenced by the Duchess d'Angoulême, designed to dispossess the Constable de Bourbon of his vast territories.
Next morning it was reported throughout the château that the Constable had been seized with fever.
Impatient to be gone, as soon as he had despatched his breakfast the Constable went forth again, and found that the horses were in readiness.
This noble warrior, who equalled Roland in bravery and military science, was the illustrious Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France.
She heard that the Constable de Bourbon had been summoned to Fontainebleau by the king, and insisted upon coming hither," replied Mathieu Bernard.
Lafayette would fain have persuaded Bourbon to tarry with him, but the Constable declined, alleging that he intended to pass the night at the Château d'Herment.
For Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France, a rebel and a traitor to the king," rejoined Florae.
Pages, esquires and gentlemen bowed as the haughty Constable mounted the steps, and when he readied the summit the Marshal de Montmoreney advanced to meet him, and a very cordial greeting passed between them.
But I do not think the Constable de Bourbon capable of a crime so heinous.
I did not much expect ever to hear any more of the stolen property; but on Sunday a constable came to request my presence at the police-office to identify the lost things.
We gave information to the police, and an inspector and constable soon came to make investigations, taking a list of the missing articles, and informing themselves as to all particulars that could be known.
