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fine. In a way, the tythingman is a very early ancestor of the
policeman, because it was his duty to see that the King’s Peace
was kept. If anyone saw a crime, he raised a hue and cry and
all men had to join in the chase to catch the criminal, and bring
him to trial before the court.
4. For minor offences, people accused of crimes were brought
before the local folk moot. More serious cases went to the
hundred court, headed by a hundredman or reeve, or the shire
court which came under the shire reeve, or sheriff as he came to
be known. The sheriff was responsible to the King for the peace
of the whole area. In an emergency, the sheriff could call out the
posse comitatus – all the available men in the shire.
X. Прочтите текст еще раз и следующие за ним
утверждения. Проверьте себя, как вы поняли текст.
Запишите номера утверждений, которые соответствуют
содержанию текста.
1. In early times there were no laws to protect people against
crime in Britain.
2. People didn’t break the law and used to keep good order.
3. Old men in the community had to solve the crime and punish
the offender(s).
4. A tything means a group of several families with a
tythingman at the head.
5. A posse comitatus involved all the males in the community.
XI. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2 и 4-й
абзацы.
fine. In a way, the tythingman is a very early ancestor of the policeman, because it was his duty to see that the King’s Peace was kept. If anyone saw a crime, he raised a hue and cry and all men had to join in the chase to catch the criminal, and bring him to trial before the court. 4. For minor offences, people accused of crimes were brought before the local folk moot. More serious cases went to the hundred court, headed by a hundredman or reeve, or the shire court which came under the shire reeve, or sheriff as he came to be known. The sheriff was responsible to the King for the peace of the whole area. In an emergency, the sheriff could call out the posse comitatus – all the available men in the shire. X. Прочтите текст еще раз и следующие за ним утверждения. Проверьте себя, как вы поняли текст. Запишите номера утверждений, которые соответствуют содержанию текста. 1. In early times there were no laws to protect people against crime in Britain. 2. People didn’t break the law and used to keep good order. 3. Old men in the community had to solve the crime and punish the offender(s). 4. A tything means a group of several families with a tythingman at the head. 5. A posse comitatus involved all the males in the community. XI. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2 и 4-й абзацы.
