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Publican Assaults Wife
From: Officer's Journal; PC Joseph SmithPC Smith attended the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions at the Corn Exchange where he gave evidence before magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen in the case against Richard Prior Landlord of the Wheatsheaf Beer House Rye Street Bishops Stortford who was charged with violently assaulting his wife and threatening to “bash her brains out” on the 6th February 1882. Prisoner was bound over in the sum of £10 to keep the peace and had to find someone else to also stand security in the sum of £10 for a period of 6 months.
Date of creation
07 Feb 1882Reference number
HPF/B/19/042/1Time logged
1 pmPeople involved in incident
Reverend F Vander-Meulen MagistrateRichard Prior, Wheatsheaf Beer House Rye Street Bishops Stortford
Police officer
PC Joseph Smith (106)
Towns and villages
Bishops Stortford (3911)
Type of incident
Assault (158)