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Animals

Including poaching, livestock, misuse, miss treatment and strays

  • "It's a fair cop" !
    "It's a fair cop" !
    Asleep, but 'in charge' of a horse and cart.
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  • "What a (dog's) life"
    "What a (dog's) life"
    Miss Marjory Hine , Woodfield, The Ridgeway, Cuffley, was summoned for keeping a dog without a licence , and further with allowing it to stray on the highway without a collar.
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  • A collision at Standon
    A collision at Standon
    Home made wine blamed for a collision in Standon.
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  • A fowl deed
    A fowl deed
    Charles Sell and William Glasscock were charged with stealing four fowls, valued at 2 shillings each.
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  • A partridge (in a pear tree !)
    A partridge (in a pear tree !)
    Arthur Wright charged with trespassing on Lord Desborough's estate at Panshanger, and with theft of a partridge.
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  • An army deserter steals a horse, but why cut its tail off ?
    An army deserter steals a horse, but why cut its tail off ?
    Charles Saunders, an army deserter, steals a horse and cuts its tail off.
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  • An army deserter, a gypsy, being buried alive, stealing, and running away !
    An army deserter, a gypsy, being buried alive, stealing, and running away !
    Pte William Sale, along with another, stole a horse and trap, together with rugs, harness and boots.
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  • An oversight
    An oversight
    Mary Russell, of South Lodge, Hoddesdon, was summoned for keeping a dog without a licence.
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  • And a Happy Christmas to you two !
    And a Happy Christmas to you two !
    Samuel North charged with trespassing on the land of Sir Evelyn de la Rue, at Welwyn, and with killing two pheasants....
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  • Another 'fowl' deed indeed
    Another 'fowl' deed indeed
    Percy Dearlove, 17, sold stolen fowls to a gullible farmer.
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  • Asleep at the reins
    Asleep at the reins
    Henry Walker, of Little Hadham, was summoned for riding asleep.
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  • Asleep in charge of a horse and van
    Asleep in charge of a horse and van
    Charles Dawes was summoned for riding asleep whilst in charge of a horse and van.
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  • Asleep on the job !
    Asleep on the job !
    PC Reed said that on December 22nd, he had seen the defendant riding his horse, but asleep.
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  • Attempted burglary, but the two boys do not escape the law
    Attempted burglary, but the two boys do not escape the law
    William and George Pateman, aged 12 and 9, committed burglary and were found hiding in the warehouse.
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  • Baldock police court - dealer's theft
    Baldock police court - dealer's theft
    Theft of five fowls. Milkman fined £2.
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  • Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    PC Berry noticed a dull red light within a house that he was passing. A ceiling was smouldering. His prompt attention saved a building from much damage, but didn't save the parrots.
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  • Butcher's drive costs £120
    Butcher's drive costs £120
    Injuries sustained through the negligent driving of a horse and trap, whereby Reeve was thrown out.
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  • Can a bee be homeless ?
    Can a bee be homeless ?
    Stephen Barker of Buntingford, was charged with stealing the top of a beehive, and 3 dummy tops.
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  • Caught in a trap
    Caught in a trap
    Edward Newton of Enfield Lock faced a charge of drink driving.
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  • Children's court - three find mice
    Children's court - three find mice
    Three Ware boys were summoned for trespassing.
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  • Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    The life and career of Robert Dunn and his five sons who followed in his police footsteps.
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  • Could the dog have been rabid ?
    Could the dog have been rabid ?
    Lady Irene Butler, 17, had permission to take a dog from Barnstable, where rabies existed, to Bishop's Stortford, but took it instead to London.
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  • Cruelty to a horse
    Cruelty to a horse
    William Thurston, a travelling showman, and Moses Jones, one of his employees, were summoned for cruelty to a horse.
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  • Cruelty to a mare
    Cruelty to a mare
    Londoner fined for cruelty to animal.
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