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You are here: Home>Crimes and Incidents>Policing in WW1>Mistreatment of war provisions

Mistreatment of war provisions

  • Give him the sack !
    Give him the sack !
    Private David George Goodman of the Army Service Corps, at Ware Station, was charged with stealing five sacks, to the value of 7 shillings and 6 pence, the property of the Secretary of State for War.
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  • Haul of army blankets
    Haul of army blankets
    The charge sheet at the St Albans Petty Sessions on Thursday morning was an imposing document, It contained the names and addresses of twenty-seven persons who had been summoned for being in unlawful possession of Army blankets.
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  • Police officers improperly accept army stores
    Police officers improperly accept army stores
    Two Police Officers knowingly receive food, illegally, from army stores. They plead guilty, suffer the disgrace, are dismissed from the Force, are fined, and resolve to join the army.
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  • The boots were for army use only !
    The boots were for army use only !
    Frederick Albon was charged with illegally purchasing army boots, and fined accordingly.
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  • To reform, or not !
    To reform, or not !
    Ernest Moreton, 16, was charged on remand with absconding from the Herts Reformatory at Bengeo.
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  • Unlawful possession of army stores
    Unlawful possession of army stores
    Edward Mansell, a nurseryman of Hadham Road, was summoned for being found to be in unlawful possession of army stores.
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  • Why are you wearing that uniform?
    Why are you wearing that uniform?
    Henry Vincent Scully, gardener, of Rye St, was summoned for unlawfully wearing a soldier’s uniform (contrary to the Uniform Act 1894) and further with aiding and assisting a soldier to desert.
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