“The Metropolitan Police, the first such force in the country, was eight years old [in 1837 when Whicher joind it]. London had got so big, so fluid, so mysterious to itself that in 1829 its inhabitants had, reluctantly [police was seen as abuse of civil liberties], accepted the need for a disciplined body of men to patrol the streets.” (p. 45)
“A defendant was not allowed to give evidence at his or her own trial until 1898.” (p. 122)
„Nothing in the world is hidden for ever,” wrote Wilkie Collins in No Name (1862). “Sand turns traitor, and betrays the footstep that has passed over it; water gives back to the tell-tale surface the body that has been drowned… Hate breaks its prison-secrecy in the thoughts, through the doorway of the eyes… Look where we will, the inevitable law of revelation is one of the laws of nature: the lasting preservation of a secret is a miracle which the world has never yet seen.” (p. 225)
“The term red hering – something that puts bloodhounds off the scent – was not used to mean “pseudo clue” until 1884.” (p. 268)
“A defendant was not allowed to give evidence at his or her own trial until 1898.” (p. 122)
„Nothing in the world is hidden for ever,” wrote Wilkie Collins in No Name (1862). “Sand turns traitor, and betrays the footstep that has passed over it; water gives back to the tell-tale surface the body that has been drowned… Hate breaks its prison-secrecy in the thoughts, through the doorway of the eyes… Look where we will, the inevitable law of revelation is one of the laws of nature: the lasting preservation of a secret is a miracle which the world has never yet seen.” (p. 225)
“The term red hering – something that puts bloodhounds off the scent – was not used to mean “pseudo clue” until 1884.” (p. 268)
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