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Wartime crimes

  • 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 stolen child - Watford girl's remarkable escape
    The stolen child - Watford girl's remarkable escape
    Hilda Strange Southam, 18, was placed on trial on a charge of taking away Maud Smith, a child of three years, from Watford.
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  • They would never go hungry with this lot !
    They would never go hungry with this lot !
    William E. Allen was summoned for extensive food hoarding, and the excuse that his boys should have biscuits on their return to Eton did not influence the Bench. Very substantial fines followed.
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  • Two soldiers while drunk steal a cart
    Two soldiers while drunk steal a cart
    A transcript of the journal entry by Pc Spriggett of an incident involving drunken soldiers, a cart, and a solicitor's car
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