Crime and Punishment Michael brown was born in 1799 Glasgow town. He had two older brothers, Erick and David. His family was a close knit with grandparents living with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brown. His grandfather, William and grandmother, Miriam had moved from Edinburg to come live with them two years before Michael was born. His grandparents were loving people and also good story tellers. It would be an interesting and sometimes hard life. As a young man, William was one of the first men to serve as town guard in Edinburg in 1682. This is where the history of a generation of police in their family began. Michael learned of this history as young as four years. William and Miriam would narrate stories to him and his brothers often. William told of how there were no police in the early days and people used to police themselves through community groups. When Michael was one year old, his father became a police