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Before the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_and_Borough_Police_Act_1856 1856 County and Borough Police Act] responsibility for the administration , as well as the enforcing of law and order lay in the hands of magistrates selected for the responsibility in the Hundreds Divisions of the Shire Counties. Hoole and Newton were in the Broxton Hundred, whose magistrates' meetings and hearings were usually held at the Egerton Arms in Broxton, where matters of a mainly rural nature were dealt with. The magistrates were responsible for the police service and a County Police Court at Chester Castle dealt with local offences.
During this time many cases were brought as a result of the work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_association Associations for the Prosecution of Felons], formed by landowners concerned about the rising level of crime, the local one being the Trafford Association. Its public notices issued annually from 1795 to 1820 listed the local landowners and spelt out very clearly the nature of the crimes about which they were concerned.
Some examples of cases:
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