Talk “A Policeman’s Lot” – Policing in Victorian Essex Speaker: Martyn Lockwood Date 13/04/2000 Speaker Martyn Lockwood Venue Toot Hill Village Hall Type Talk Related Articles A Policeman’s Lot Article · Journal No. 1 · March 2000 Horse stealing was a serious rural crime. In 1885, the Chief Constable of Essex, William Pointz, recorded an incident in Ongar: A man rode into Ongar late at…