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Traffic Offences

  • No sleep for two days
    No sleep for two days
    Walter Mansfield, of Flamstead End, summoned for not having proper control of two horses and wagon.
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  • No zeppelins in Hoddesdon
    No zeppelins in Hoddesdon
    John Walker (35), of no fixed abode, was summoned for driving a horse and cart without a light.
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  • Noisy steam lorry
    Noisy steam lorry
    William George Tant, from Bow, was summoned for using a steam lorry which made an excessive noise
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  • Not bright - no lights
    Not bright - no lights
    George Tinsley, of Green Tye, did not appear in answer to a charge of having no light on his bicycle in Widford.
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  • Not guilty to manslaughter but guilty to dangerous driving
    Not guilty to manslaughter but guilty to dangerous driving
    Young 18 year old struck by car and killed near Baldock.
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  • Not the best way to make the motor car more popular : man caught speeding
    Not the best way to make the motor car more popular : man caught speeding
    17 mph instead of 12 mph nets a visiting motorist from Lowestoft a £5 fine.
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  • Obstructing the highway
    Obstructing the highway
    John Wright, 37, of the Folly, and William Lawrence, 29, of 4 Davies Street, greengrocers, were summoned for obstructing the highway.
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  • Obstructing the highway
    Obstructing the highway
    Edward Mascall and William Gunn, carters, of Hunsdon, were summoned for obstructing the highway at Hadham Cross, Much Hadham.
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  • On the buses - bus driver summoned
    On the buses - bus driver summoned
    Percival Hampstead was summoned for delaying his bus and using insulting words to a police officer.
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  • Only human - footpath obstruction at Ware
    Only human - footpath obstruction at Ware
    Sacks of coal obstructed pavement. Case dismissed.
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  • Other cases
    Other cases
    Yelling in the street and leaving a car in the street without lights.
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  • Overloaded vehicles - not a new phenomenon !
    Overloaded vehicles - not a new phenomenon !
    Overloading of vehicles is nothing new it seems.
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  • Parked horse and cart
    Parked horse and cart
    Charles Miller of Barwick, Standon, was summoned for leaving a horse and cart upon the highway for an unreasonable time
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  • Petty sessions - haycarter's unhappy position
    Petty sessions - haycarter's unhappy position
    Benjamin Robinson a haycarter of Hunsdon, was summoned for riding asleep without reins.
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  • Petty sessions - highway offence
    Petty sessions - highway offence
    Jacob Paternoster, of Whempstead, did not appear to answer summonses for riding asleep and without a light whilst in charge of a horse and cart.
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  • Petty sessions - motorcar case - North Mymms
    Petty sessions - motorcar case - North Mymms
    Roy Colgate, of 37, Long Acre, London, was charge with driving a motor car to the danger of the public.
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  • Police 'gazed in anticipation '
    Police 'gazed in anticipation '
    Police ‘gazed in anticipation’ Hertfordshire Mercury, 26th January 1951 How three police officers ” gazed in anticipation at the mouth of Queen’s Road ” after hearing a motor vehicle approaching , was described by Mr T. Anderson Davis, prosecuting , at Hertford Borough Court yesterday (Thursday) . George Edward Bower , aged 26 , engineer, of 30 Queen’s ...
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  • Policeman injured by runaway horse
    Policeman injured by runaway horse
    PC Wright tried to stop a horse drawing a van which had bolted but was knocked against the wall.
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  • Reckless driving - who are the offenders ?
    Reckless driving - who are the offenders ?
    A directive was received from Captain Archer, 2/2 London Division, that cases had been reported of soldiers driving recklessly, galloping their horses up the hill, putting the public at great risk of injury.
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  • Riding a bicycle without a light
    Riding a bicycle without a light
    George Akers, a labourer, of Hadham Cross, Much Hadham, was summoned for riding a bicycle on the public highway without a light.
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  • Riding asleep
    Riding asleep
    William Gunn (36), hay-carter, of Little Hadham, was charged with riding asleep.
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  • Riding asleep - a serial napper - petty sessions
    Riding asleep - a serial napper - petty sessions
    William Plumb, of Colliers End, was summoned for being asleep while the driver of a cart
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  • Riding asleep at Much Hadham
    Riding asleep at Much Hadham
    William Gunn (36), labourer, of Little Hadham, was summoned for riding asleep.
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  • Riding while asleep
    Riding while asleep
    Percival A Roberts was summoned for riding asleep
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