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Violent crime

  • The judge affirmed that throat cutting was a coward's way out
    The judge affirmed that throat cutting was a coward's way out
    Eleanor Chalkley had been accused of stealing eggs and, consequently, attempted to take her own life. The charge of stealing was subsequently withdrawn, and the Judge gave her another chance.
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  • The Standon affray
    The Standon affray
    The three Miles brothers, wanted by the police, were holed up in a hut in Wellpond Green. The police went in force, and a huge fight ensued
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  • The Tring prize fight
    The Tring prize fight
    and the downfall of Pc Coulter.
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  • Theft of apples
    Theft of apples
    Charles Cockman (18) and Herbert Howard (9), of Rye Park, were charged with stealing apples value 3d.,
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  • Three steps to heaven !
    Three steps to heaven !
    Thomas Watson, 23, a soldier, was charged with wounding Thomas Cockle.
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  • Two soldiers, absent from their regiment, embark on serious stealing and housebreaking
    Two soldiers, absent from their regiment, embark on serious stealing and housebreaking
    Dormer and Mulholland, army deserters, embarked on a lengthy spate of housebreaking and stealing. Both were caught in possession of stolen goods & were both sentenced to hard labour.
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  • Violent female tramp - Buntingford
    Violent female tramp - Buntingford
    On Friday, Annie Harris, a tramp over sixty years of age, was noticed by the Master of the Union lying in the garden just within the gate. She struck at the Master and a Constable subsequently prevailed upon her to enter the women’s ward. Here she became very violent, threatened to smash the windows, and ...
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  • What's in a name ?
    What's in a name ?
    James Capel, of Havelock Cottages, Railway Street, Hertford, was summoned for assaulting James Kelf.
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  • Why Hoddesdon ?
    Why Hoddesdon ?
    William George Hilton, 28, of Alexander Road, Waltham New Town, pleaded not guilty to beating his wife, Elsie Hilton.
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  • Why not join the police
    Why not join the police
    Frederick George Carter, a greengrocer and special constable, charged with being drunk and disorderly and with assault.
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  • Woman's unruly conduct
    Woman's unruly conduct
    Woman charged with being drunk and disorderly and of assaulting PC Gatehouse
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  • Wright, Walter
    Wright, Walter
    An Inquest into the death of a man named Walter Wright.
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