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Violent crime

  • Assault on a policeman
    Assault on a policeman
    John Fitch, of Little Hadham, who had been remanded on bail, was charged with assaulting P.C. Milton.
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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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  • Assault on a woman
    Assault on a woman
    Harry Raw, 34, of Green Street, labourer, was charged with assaulting Louisa Moulding
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  • Assault on a young woman at Hatfield
    Assault on a young woman at Hatfield
    Charles Matthews (42), a labourer, of Hatfield was indicted for inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Dorothy Neal.
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  • Assault on Stevenage gamekeeper
    Assault on Stevenage gamekeeper
    John Hemmings (31), labourer, was found guilty of assaulting Bert Pitcher, a gamekeeper, but not guilty of night poaching.
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  • Assault on the police
    Assault on the police
    George Tomlin, of Queen Street, was charged on remand with assaulting P.C. Godfrey and P.C Vintner
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  • Assault on the police at Hitchin Bacon Factory
    Assault on the police at Hitchin Bacon Factory
    Charles Taylor, of Hitchin Hill, was charged with an assault on two police officers while in the execution of their duty.
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  • Assault, certainly with intent
    Assault, certainly with intent
    Noah Hill, charged with assaulting a constable, after having been stopped for his filthy language
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  • Assaulting a child
    Assaulting a child
    Mrs Edward Adams, of 168 Musley Hill, Ware, was summoned for assaulting Edith Doris Minnie Lawrence, aged 13.
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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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  • Attack on a policeman
    Attack on a policeman
    PC is threatened with a knife.
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  • Attacking a woman is a serious offence
    Attacking a woman is a serious offence
    Three teenage boys were summoned for attacking a woman.
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  • Attempted murder at Bushey
    Attempted murder at Bushey
    Henry McCabe, 21, a gardener, pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder Annie Filtton by stabbing her with a pocket knife
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  • Bad language / Assaulting a constable
    Bad language / Assaulting a constable
    Ernest William Lawrence, Arthur James Warner, and Cecil Ilett, all of Hatfield, were summoned for using bad language.
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  • Badly cut, and a considerable loss of blood
    Badly cut, and a considerable loss of blood
    'Irish Jack' attempted burglary but was caught at the window by the Rector.
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  • Bananas caused all the trouble
    Bananas caused all the trouble
    Bananas caused the bashing
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  • Black and blue !
    Black and blue !
    Owen Stapleford, farmer of Stapleford, charged with assaulting Martha Parker
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  • Black eyes and hair wrenched out constituted an assault
    Black eyes and hair wrenched out constituted an assault
    Ware labourer and discharged soldier pleaded not guilty to assaulting woman.
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  • Brutal !
    Brutal !
    Percy Parsell, 16, of Cherry Tree Yard, Ware, was charged with assaulting his mother
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  • Brutal father sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude
    Brutal father sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude
    Joseph Atkins, 44, labourer, pleaded guilty to a brutal offence upon his seven year old daughter.
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  • Burglary at Much Hadham
    Burglary at Much Hadham
    William Henry Frederick Johnson (29), a labourer, of Takeley, Essex, was charged with burglariously entering the Hoops beer-house, Perry Green, Much Hadham.
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  • Byrne, Simon
    Byrne, Simon
    Another bare knuckle fight that ended tragically.
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  • Casual's vicious assault
    Casual's vicious assault
    Assault at the Ware Poor Law Institution.
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