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Public order offences

  • How rude!
    How rude!
    Noah Dearman, of Hertford, was charged with obscene language.
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  • Imprisoned for swearing
    Imprisoned for swearing
    Labourer imprisoned for non-payment.
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  • It's all wrong !
    It's all wrong !
    William Manning, a dealer from Norfolk Road, Buntingford, was charged with using obscene language.
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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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  • Just not cricket  - a dangerous game
    Just not cricket - a dangerous game
    Six Ware youths were summoned for playing a game in Cross Street, Ware, likely to be dangerous to the public.
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  • Lady Constance Lytton - suffragette
    Lady Constance Lytton - suffragette
    Rebel with a cause.
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  • Loud and clear
    Loud and clear
    Louisa Seymour, of Little Berkhamstead, was summoned for using bad language.
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  • Marsh Farm Riot Luton Bedfordshire
    Marsh Farm Riot Luton Bedfordshire
    Operation Handstand 1995
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  • Mind your language
    Mind your language
    Various cases from Hertford Borough Sessions.
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  • Mischievous boys
    Mischievous boys
    William Page (16), William Ives (15), and Harry Timson (14), all Ware lads, were summoned for throwing stones.
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  • Much Hadham petty sessions
    Much Hadham petty sessions
    Man from Little Hadham, pleads guilty to using bad language in the main street.
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  • Newton's gravity - alleged assault at Ware
    Newton's gravity - alleged assault at Ware
    William George Newton was summoned for assaulting his stepmother.
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  • No smoke - false fire alarm - cinema attendant fined
    No smoke - false fire alarm - cinema attendant fined
    George William Taylor (29) , of 15 City Street , Hertford , cinema attendant , was charged with unlawfully causing a false alarm of fire to be given to the Hertford Fire Brigade.
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  • Not invited to the wedding
    Not invited to the wedding
    Spurned brother summoned for using bad language.
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  • Notable Events In Week One
    Notable Events In Week One
    Hertfordshire Police Historical Society. This Week In History. 1/1/1948 A total of 1,017 crimes were reported in “C” Division for 1947, of which 415 were detected. 1/1/1967 A Drugs Squad was formed on 1st January 1967, with a strength of one Detective Sergeant, one Detective Constable and one Woman Detective Constable, They will be based at Headquarters. 26 persons were prosecuted ...
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  • Obscene language in Buntingford
    Obscene language in Buntingford
    William Manning was charged with using obscene language.
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  • Obstruction by traders
    Obstruction by traders
    Pathway blocked by traders
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  • On the buses - bus driver summoned
    On the buses - bus driver summoned
    Percival Hampstead was summoned for delaying his bus and using insulting words to a police officer.
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  • Only human - footpath obstruction at Ware
    Only human - footpath obstruction at Ware
    Sacks of coal obstructed pavement. Case dismissed.
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  • Other cases
    Other cases
    Yelling in the street and leaving a car in the street without lights.
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  • Other Cases - Yelling
    Other Cases - Yelling
    Street Nuisance - fined 2s 6d (12½ pence).
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  • Penal servitude sentence
    Penal servitude sentence
    Indecency towards young boys
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  • Petty  sessions - excerpts - eggs & football
    Petty sessions - excerpts - eggs & football
    Walter Stringer charged with taking three partridge eggs.
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  • Police : ' We will charge man'
    Police : ' We will charge man'
    Man charged with rape and indecent assault of 12 year old girl
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