Hall, the, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Hall, the n.

[orig. used as the market for ‘foreigners’, i.e. out-of-Londoners, the Hall burnt down in 1666 and was rebuilt as a meat, poultry, fish and vegetable market. The current buildings date f. 1881]

1. Leadenhall Market.

1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.

2. (US) a police station.

1918

Jackson Dly News (MS) 1 Apr. 7/1: Crook Chatter [...] ‘That’s the hell of having your “ink” in the “hall”,’ he lamented bitterly.