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Drunkenness

Drunkenness and other anti-social behaviour (ASB)

  • "I was not drunk, I was only excited", she said

    "I was not drunk, I was only excited", she said

    Mary Smith was drunk and using obscene language but it was not for the first time.
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  • "I'm singing in the rain"

    "I'm singing in the rain"

    A man named Prior was charged with being drunk and using bad language.
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  • A bit 'rocky'

    A bit 'rocky'

    John Cox was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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  • A charge dismissed

    A charge dismissed

    Weight of defendant's witnesses' statements results in dismissal of intoxication charge.
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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 constable's burden

    A constable's burden

    Navvy found drunk in Bengeo Street.
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  • A drunken Belgian

    A drunken Belgian

    Mr Jean Baptiste Clymans was convicted of being drunk in Railway Street.
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  • A drunken deserter

    A drunken deserter

    Pte. J. Whitaker was charged with being drunk and disorderly and deserting his regiment.
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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 fallen woman's crimes

    A fallen woman's crimes

    May Houghton indicted for stealing an overcoat and a jacket from William Bidgood.
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  • A hot policeman?

    A hot policeman?

    Defendant offered to fight all but the local policeman.
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  • A mad woman

    A mad woman

    Ada Izzard, of Ware, was charged with being drunk in the town on 19th October.
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  • A navvy's base ingratitude

    A navvy's base ingratitude

    Stephen Fox, of Halton, Bucks, fails to appear in court for the assault of John Martin
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  • A no-brainer

    A no-brainer

    Tramp fined for being drunk and disorderly in Waltham Cross.
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  • Absolutely filthy !

    Absolutely filthy !

    One day's imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly
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  • After many years

    After many years

    The long arm of the law finally catches up with Woolmer Green man.
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  • Alban Henry Freeman

    Alban Henry Freeman

    Constable 139 Alban Henry Freeman born c. 1889 Wheathampstead. Appointed 10/08/1914. Enlisted 10/12/1915 but placed on Section B Army Reserve and returned to Police duties. Mobilised 01/02/1917 Gunner 205985, Royal Horse Artillery who died (possibly from complications from contracting Rubella as there was an outbreak at Woolwich) on 07/03/1917. Remembered with Honour Wheathampstead (St. Helen) Churchyard.
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  • All's fair - petty sessions

    All's fair - petty sessions

    Labourers from Graveley drunk and disorderly at Weston fair.
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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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  • Arrest of a special constable

    Arrest of a special constable

    George Frederick Carter, a hawker, of Bishop's Stortford was brought up in custody charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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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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  • Assault on a publican

    Assault on a publican

    Alfred Miles was charged with assaulting Herbert Lewes, landlord of the Diamond Inn, Railway Street, Hertford.
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  • Assaulting the police

    Assaulting the police

    Reuben Winch, a labourer, of Hitchin Hill, was fined 5 shillings for being drunk and disorderly and £1 for assaulting P.C. Young in the execution of his duty.
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  • Assaults on the police

    Assaults on the police

    Emily Ansell (40) pleaded guilty to assaulting the police in the execution of their duty
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