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Traffic Offences

  • Drunk in charge of a horse and van
    Drunk in charge of a horse and van
    William Humberstone,was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and van.
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  • Drunk in charge of a push-cart
    Drunk in charge of a push-cart
    Drunken woman in charge of handcart and a child.
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  • Drunk in charge of a steam powered lorry
    Drunk in charge of a steam powered lorry
    David William Perkins, of 22 Parkland Road, Bengeo, was charged with being drunk in charge of a steam motor lorry, at Stevenage, on the evening of 15th October.
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  • Drunk when driving
    Drunk when driving
    Drunk while in charge of a horse and carrriage
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  • Eastwick rector's daughter summoned
    Eastwick rector's daughter summoned
    Dorothy Burton Rowley, daughter of the Rev. G.C.A. Rowley, was summoned for driving a motor car without a licence.
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  • Eyes in the sky 1969
    Eyes in the sky 1969
    Pathe footage of lorry on motorway.
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  • False pretences indeed
    False pretences indeed
    Mr Lionel Gerard Ames (24), of Welwyn, and of the Drive Mansions, Fulham, was charged with being drunk in charge of a motor-car in Piccadilly Circus.
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  • Feeling the lamp - case dismissed
    Feeling the lamp - case dismissed
    Robert Dearman , of 98, Burford Street, Hoddesdon , pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle without a light at Hoddesdon on September 28th.
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  • Fish and chip supper proves dear
    Fish and chip supper proves dear
    A strange case of obstruction
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  • Freeman, Alban Henry, 139, Police Constable.
    Freeman, Alban Henry, 139, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Gunner 205985, Royal Horse Artillery who died from fever on the 7th March 1917.
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  • Furious motor driving - petty sessions
    Furious motor driving - petty sessions
    Henry Johnson was summoned for driving a motor-car at an excessive speed on the road between Ware and Standon
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  • Gatehouse, William Stanley, 118, Police Constable.
    Gatehouse, William Stanley, 118, Police Constable.
    On 17th July 1925, Pc William Gatehouse died in the course of his duties at Royston. Ninety two years on, Andy Wiseman (Hertfordshire Constabulary Historical Society) looks at the events of that fateful day.
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  • Glasscocks shop window broken by an army wagon
    Glasscocks shop window broken by an army wagon
    An army wagon ran into a horse and cart, breaking a window.
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  • Godfrey, Charles, 124, Police Constable.
    Godfrey, Charles, 124, Police Constable.
    Officer killed on duty in St Albans in 1924 when crushed by a passing lorry
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  • Good work, Godfrey !
    Good work, Godfrey !
    Theft of car and other offences
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  • Government employee drunk
    Government employee drunk
    William Barnard, of Waltham Abbey, was summoned for being drunk in charge of a pony and trap
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  • Hart, William
    Hart, William
    Manslaughter conviction after crash involving 2 mail coaches racing each other near St Albans.
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  • Hertford carmen fined
    Hertford carmen fined
    Four carmen in the employ of the Hertford Brewery were summoned for leaving their horses and carts unattended on the highway at Stevenage.
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  • Hertfordshire gentleman's motor licence
    Hertfordshire gentleman's motor licence
    Mr Aram M Papazian, appeared at Biggleswade Sessions to answer a summons for failing to produce his motor-car licence when called upon to do so.
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  • Herts. County Council instructor fined
    Herts. County Council instructor fined
    John A. Littlewood, an instructor in woodwork under the Herts. County Council, of The Views, Stansted, was summoned at Harlow Bench on Saturday for having a light on a motor-bicycle of greater brilliancy than was necessary.
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  • Hoddesdon chauffeur fined
    Hoddesdon chauffeur fined
    Ernest Benjamin Dutch, motor driver, of Hoddesdon, was summoned for carrying lights on a motor-car of greater brightness than necessary
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  • How fast is dangerously fast ?
    How fast is dangerously fast ?
    Motor-cycle visitor from Enfield argues, unsuccessfully, that his speed in Fore Street was excessive.
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  • Hussey, William Henry, 306, Police Constable.
    Hussey, William Henry, 306, Police Constable.
    Photo of P.C. William Henry Hussey and the seized motor vehicle. Arrest took place on the 8th September 1922.
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  • It was the chauffeur's fault
    It was the chauffeur's fault
    Chauffeur fined £5 in his absence for speeding.
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