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Violent crime

  • Having a little drink
    Having a little drink
    Drunken woman who had "behaved well during previous terms of probation" wishes the Bench a 'Merry Christmas', after being bound over.
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  • He deserved the judgement for assaulting his wife, again
    He deserved the judgement for assaulting his wife, again
    John Day was fined £3, and bound over for the sum of £10, for assaulting his wife, again. He had been fined before for the same offence.
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  • Her delusions led to the murdering of her husband
    Her delusions led to the murdering of her husband
    Eliza Ellingham (58) was remanded on a charge of murdering her husband in 1918 but was deemed unfit to make a plea
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  • Hertfordshire summer assizes
    Hertfordshire summer assizes
    24 prisoners and 18 cases.
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  • Hitchin petty sessions - assault case
    Hitchin petty sessions - assault case
    Joseph Hubbard was charged with assaulting Arthur Knight at Hitchin.
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  • How many eggs can you eat ?
    How many eggs can you eat ?
    Abraham and Sophia Grey, both gypsies, were summoned for being unlawfully found in possession of 63 partridge eggs and 24 pheasant eggs.
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  • Inspector assaulted - violent assault on a police officer
    Inspector assaulted - violent assault on a police officer
    Alfred Kirby Burling of Cheshunt Lock was charged with assaulting Inspector Draper, of Hoddesdon.
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  • Instrumental in his own downfall - drunk and assaulting a constable
    Instrumental in his own downfall - drunk and assaulting a constable
    William Gray, tailor, of Hitchin, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and also of assaulting P.c. Robinson.
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  • Insufficient evidence
    Insufficient evidence
    A violent drunken man or a fallen drunken woman?
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  • It's that extra drink at Christmas
    It's that extra drink at Christmas
    Walter Goodchild assaulted an officer on Christmas Day, and was fined accordingly.
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  • James Blackman Snook - Highwayman
    James Blackman Snook - Highwayman
    The story of the last Highwayman alleged to have been hung at the scene of his crime.
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  • Landlord assaults lodger
    Landlord assaults lodger
    Landlord reaches out for the moral high ground.
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  • Lawrence, Herbert, 15, Police Constable.
    Lawrence, Herbert, 15, Police Constable.
    Charles Day, 24, and Edward Swallow, 25, assaulted PC Lawrence severely.
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  • Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Bert Sharp, when caught poaching in the woods with a gun, fired and wounded the gamekeeper.
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  • Mischievous boys from Flamstead End
    Mischievous boys from Flamstead End
    Alfred Livings (11), Gilbert Faint (14), Leslie Faint (10), and Charles Rogers (12), all residing at Flamstead End, were summoned for assaulting Percy Waller.
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  • Much ado about Hadham
    Much ado about Hadham
    George Wood, of Sawbridgeworth, was summoned for assaulting William Webb, of Perry Green, Much Hadham.
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  • Murder of  London girl
    Murder of London girl
    Suspect arrested at Hitchin
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  • Murder of Alice Hurry
    Murder of Alice Hurry
    A tragic case of Infanticide by unmarried parents.
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  • Never satisfied !
    Never satisfied !
    Benjamin Cordwell, of Star Street, Ware, was summoned for assaulting his wife, Elizabeth.
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  • Nose blowing !
    Nose blowing !
    Private Henry Woods, a soldier, of Hatfield, pleaded guilty to assaulting S.C. Henry Richard Taylor during an air raid.
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  • Notable Events In Week Three
    Notable Events In Week Three
    Hertfordshire Police Historical Society This Week In History. 14th to 20th January 14/1/1843 Hertford Mercury and Reformer 14th of January 1843 Reports of Chief Constables It will be recollected that the Marquis of Salisbury, at the late quarter sessions, objected to the report of the Chief Constable, on account of its furnishing a comparative statement of the cases of sheep stealing ...
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  • Notable Events In Week Two
    Notable Events In Week Two
    Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 8/1/1925 Commendation. The action of Constable Edward T Pennicott 152 “C” in stopping a runaway horse in Queens Road, Watford on Thursday, 1 January 1925, has been brought to the notice of the Chief Constable. The report shows that the constable to of acted promptly and with courage and the Chief ...
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  • Penal servitude for cutting wife's throat
    Penal servitude for cutting wife's throat
    William Varsey (19), a gardener, was charged with feloniously wounding Sarah Varney, his wife, with intent to kill her.
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  • Penal servitude sentence
    Penal servitude sentence
    Indecency towards young boys
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