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Non crime incidents

  • 'The Scorchers'
    'The Scorchers'
    Possibly the first recorded co-operation between Uniform and C.I.D. Departments.
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  • 'Windows tapped ' say hospital patients
    'Windows tapped ' say hospital patients
    Window tapping disturbs hospital patients
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  • "What a (dog's) life"
    "What a (dog's) life"
    Miss Marjory Hine , Woodfield, The Ridgeway, Cuffley, was summoned for keeping a dog without a licence , and further with allowing it to stray on the highway without a collar.
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  • A betting charge
    A betting charge
    Adolf Kleiser, of Cheshunt, was charged with loitering for the purpose of betting .
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  • A bomb scare !
    A bomb scare !
    When opening the doors of the Baptist Chapel the caretaker, Phillips, found a parcel under the table in the entrance hall.
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  • A burglar gives himself up
    A burglar gives himself up
    Henry Sands gave himself up to the Ware police following burglary from a shop between Woodford and Epping Forest.
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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 large fire, but no effective brigade to deal with it
    A large fire, but no effective brigade to deal with it
    The barn and several sheds were burnt to the ground, but the cause was not known.
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  • A sad death, indeed
    A sad death, indeed
    Henry Knight committed suicide: he was depressed because his wife had been taken away to the asylum. He left a note for his son.
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  • A voluble defendant
    A voluble defendant
    Ann Norman, the wife of Frederick Norman, was charged with obstructing PC Spencer in the execution of his duty.
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  • Alleged damage to a hedge
    Alleged damage to a hedge
    Charles Roberts, licensee of the George beer-house, Codicote Road, Welwyn, pleaded not guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging a quick set hedge.
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  • Always ask a copper !
    Always ask a copper !
    A man named William Parker, of no fixed abode, was seen by Police Sergeant Firth begging in Mensby on Monday.
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  • Amwell Crossroads lorry fire
    Amwell Crossroads lorry fire
    On 25th April 1969 a lorry travelling along the A414 was about to cross the A10 at Amwell Crossroads when it caught fire.
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  • At the gunpowder factory, this was an 'explosive' situation !
    At the gunpowder factory, this was an 'explosive' situation !
    John Mason was caught with a box of matches in his possession whilst in the gunpowder factory, and was fined.
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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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  • Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    Berry, George Henry, 303, Police Constable.
    PC Berry noticed a dull red light within a house that he was passing. A ceiling was smouldering. His prompt attention saved a building from much damage, but didn't save the parrots.
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  • Case dismissed - colour blind
    Case dismissed - colour blind
    Frederick Harry French was charged that on the 1st of July he was found on enclosed premises supposed for the purpose of committing a felony
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  • Catapult amnesty
    Catapult amnesty
    Police in Hertford creatively followed up a number of complaints about damage caused by catapults in Hertford.
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  • Caught using a catapult
    Caught using a catapult
    George Petchey, a youth from Albury, was summoned for using a catapult to the danger of persons on the highway.
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  • Cycling accident
    Cycling accident
    Cyclist falls of his bicycle while going downhill and trying to avoid two soldiers.
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  • Falsely representing themselves to be travellers
    Falsely representing themselves to be travellers
    George Filler and Charles Garratt, of Southgate, and Henry Brimley, of Little Heath, pleaded guilty to falsely representing themselves as travellers.
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  • Famous Comedian Visits Hitchin
    Famous Comedian Visits Hitchin
    Comic comes to North Herts
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  • Ferreting about - another case dismissed
    Ferreting about - another case dismissed
    Jim Marshal, caravan dweller, summoned on suspicion of game trespass.
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  • Fingerprints never let them down
    Fingerprints never let them down
    Hertfordshire Mercury, 23rd March 1951 Some of the ways in which fingerprints and police photographs assisted in the detection of crime were explained to members of Hertford Rotary Club on Tuesday by Det.-Sergt. F. E. Walker of Hatfield. Describing how every fingerprint had ridge characteristics , he said it was the order in which these characteristics appeared ...
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