My Forty Years at the Yard

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Hugh Toung, C.B.E. MY FORTY YEARS AT THE YARD It is perhaps not unreasonable to say that Hugh Young was until his recent retirement Britain's most important detective, for as Commander of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard it was his task to supervise all the day-to-dav detection and administration of that unique and worldfamouse organization. Most of the wellknown police officers whose names are household words were responsible to him, and acted under his instructions, and it follows that his memoirs must be of outstanding interest. Hugh Young was born and brought up in the Scottish Highlands, and started his aduit life as a railway clerk. He came to London to jóin the Metropolitan Police Force, and soon achieved one of his early ambitions-to become a Scotland Yard man. He remained at the Yard for over forty years, including a period as Chief Instructor of Hendon Police College, and in this book he is able to take the reader behind the scenes and explain the way... Tovább

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Hugh Toung, C.B.E. MY FORTY YEARS AT THE YARD It is perhaps not unreasonable to say that Hugh Young was until his recent retirement Britain's most important detective, for as Commander of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard it was his task to supervise all the day-to-dav detection and administration of that unique and worldfamouse organization. Most of the wellknown police officers whose names are household words were responsible to him, and acted under his instructions, and it follows that his memoirs must be of outstanding interest. Hugh Young was born and brought up in the Scottish Highlands, and started his aduit life as a railway clerk. He came to London to jóin the Metropolitan Police Force, and soon achieved one of his early ambitions-to become a Scotland Yard man. He remained at the Yard for over forty years, including a period as Chief Instructor of Hendon Police College, and in this book he is able to take the reader behind the scenes and explain the way in which the British police system functions. Mr. Young highlights the stages in his own career with an exciting "case book" of somé of the notable crimes and criminals he had to deal with. The crimes include several murders which were the sensations of their day, but in this rogue's gallery, the murderers share pride of place with an assortment of confidence tricksters and fraud experts, ranging from the spectacular Robinson, who swindled his victims of thousands of pounds with the aid of "infallible" betting systems, to Tivendale, who merely forged references whereby he could obtain situations as the "perfect butler" in many noble houses-and then enjoy the use of their cellars 1 The author has here written a wellbalanced book of both value and interest. Vissza