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Traffic Offences

  • ''A fair cop'' - petty sessions
    ''A fair cop'' - petty sessions
    A charge of riding asleep in Ware
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  • 'Motorist appeared asleep' - Police
    'Motorist appeared asleep' - Police
    Car driver asleep in the middle of the road
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  • " Showing off " costs £1.
    " Showing off " costs £1.
    Harry Roughton , 50 Gillet Avenue , East Ham , was fined £1 for " making an unnecessary noise " with a motor bicycle , at Ware , on April 6 .
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  • "It's a fair cop" !
    "It's a fair cop" !
    Asleep, but 'in charge' of a horse and cart.
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  • 5,500 cigarettes stolen
    5,500 cigarettes stolen
    Police tipped off and chase a man on a bike.
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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 dangerous act
    A dangerous act
    A heavy steam lorry left in the middle of the road caused a car to have to go into the ditch. The driver was asleep, having been awake for forty hours.
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  • A drunken lorry driver
    A drunken lorry driver
    Drunk in charge of a lorry in 1915.
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  • A fishy business !
    A fishy business !
    A police officer tries to stop a car but it runs into a shop.
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  • A motor-car case
    A motor-car case
    George Tuck, of Rosemead, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, was summoned for keeping a motor-car without a licence.
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  • A sleepy driver
    A sleepy driver
    Henry Walker was summoned at Cheshunt Petty Sessions for not having proper control of a horse and van in Cheshunt
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  • All at sea - new motor act summons
    All at sea - new motor act summons
    Motorcyclist fined for riding without driving licence nor insurance.
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  • Alleged " drunk in charge " case  adjourned
    Alleged " drunk in charge " case adjourned
    Lovat Fraser Coltman, of 263 West Green Road, London, a Master Butcher, was summoned for being drunk in charge of a motor-car.
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  • Alleged dangerous riding
    Alleged dangerous riding
    Ernest William Pasque, a gamekeeper, of Diamond End, King's Walden, was charged with driving a motor-cycle in a manner dangerous to the public. However, the case was dismissed.
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  • An M.P.'s work is never done !
    An M.P.'s work is never done !
    Mr Pemberton-Billing, MP for East Herts, has a black car. It used to be white.
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  • An obliging constable
    An obliging constable
    William Gunn, a hay carter, of Hunsdon, was summoned for a breach of the Lights on Vehicles Act.
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  • An old case withdrawn
    An old case withdrawn
    Charles Wright was summoned for having a cart without a light on September 20th, at Bell Bar.
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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 in the hay
    Asleep in the hay
    George Everitt (33), of Roydon, hay carter, was summoned for riding asleep on a cart
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  • Asleep on the Job !
    Asleep on the Job !
    Riding whilst asleep.
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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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  • Asleep on the job, yet again !
    Asleep on the job, yet again !
    George Wilson, a carter, was convicted for being asleep on his cart while it went through Turners Hill, Cheshunt.
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  • Asleep on the job!
    Asleep on the job!
    George Wilson was charged with being asleep whilst in charge of a wagon, but he failed to appear to answer the charge.
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