The Hertford Borough Sessions were held on Thursday before the Mayor (Alderman A. P. Ginn ), Alderman W. Graveson, and Messrs A. S. Gilbertson and W. Burgess.
Read more BANK HOLIDAY The town was very quiet on Whit Monday. The local cricket match attracted a great many people, and a considerable number went to the fete at Hertford. The Rye House, under the management of Mr W. Abel, had a multitude of attractions, and from 4,000 to 5,000 were booked by rail, while another 2,000 ...
Read more Alfred Humberstone, 21, commits crime, absconds from the army, leads younger boys into crime, and looks forward to hard labour as a result.
Read more Alice Healey (5) was killed in a traffic accident in Fore Street, Hertford.
Read more Thomas Clark, aged 10, with others, stole some golf balls. He also stole money from a shop till. All this while still on probation. He was sentenced to a beating and then reformatory.
Read more Landlord reaches out for the moral high ground.
Read more A drunk falls on top of a baby and all hell breaks loose.
Read more Various cases from Hertford Borough Sessions.
Read more Dormer and Mulholland, army deserters, embarked on a lengthy spate of housebreaking and stealing. Both were caught in possession of stolen goods & were both sentenced to hard labour.
Read more Petition drawn up by the Hertford Borough opposing the new Bill allowing for County Police Forces.
Read more Woman left to bleed to death in street, brings shame upon a town.
Read more Henry Sturge, a labourer, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing an overcoat.
Read more Daring attempt by 4 Highwaymen under sentence of death to escape from gaol at Hertford.
Read more Eleven-year-old Charles Rogers from Ware charged with stealing cash belonging to Emma Crane.
Read more Charles Hudgell was charged with drunk and disorderly and assault.
Read more Two waiters did not appear in Court on a charge of being drunk and disorderly
Read more William Barrett, a roadman, of Birch Green, pleaded not guilty to being drunk at Hertingfordbury
Read more David Charles Wardrop who wanted to become a librarian, who was an aircraft electrician by trade and ended up in the Police force. Here he is talking about his first night on patrol.
Read more Young 18 year old struck by car and killed near Baldock.
Read more A point in law where poaching means murder and death by hanging, but stealing leads to acquittal.
Read more Another tragic case of Infanticide this one resulting in the mother being hanged.
Read more Drunken anger leads a husband to dreadfully batter his wife.
Read more A young servant girl aged 14-16 (depending on sources) executed for the callous poisoning of a young child in her care.
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