Offences Against Property

Stack firing at Hoddesdon - no smoke without fire
Arthur Edward Hawthorn, 36, painter, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of hay.
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Stackfiring at Sacombe - a smart sentence
Ex prisoner sets fire to a hay stack
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Stating the obvious !
William Liddle Hastie, a Private in the Welsh Guards, was charged with burglary.
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Stealing a barrel of beer
Ernest Fordham, Walter Martin, Thomas Walker and Joseph Henry Walden, soldiers billeted at Bishop's Stortford, were charged with stealing a barrel containing 4 ½ gallons of beer, value 15 shillings.
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Stealing a bicycle didn't get them very far !
Ernest Lee and Edward Watson, both 15, were charged with stealing a bicycle from the rear of Hoddesdon cinema. Both were bound over.
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Stealing an overcoat
Henry Sturge, a labourer, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing an overcoat.
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Stealing barley - carrying the can (petty sessions)
John Parnell charged with stealing a quantity of barley from his employer in Ware.
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Stealing cauliflowers - Hertford county sessions
Eight cucumbers stolen; valued in 1906 at 2 shillings and 8 pence (modern equivalent 13 new pence or 1 ½ new pence each). Offender fined £1.
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Stealing doesn't pay
Ethel Brown, 21, was sentenced to 6 months in prison for stealing from the people who had befriended her
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Stealing meat - petty sessions
Leonard Cranwell, a labourer, of no fixed abode, was brought up on remand charged with stealing a quantity of meat.
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Stealing money from a neighbour doesn't pay
Frederick Phillips, 16, was charged with stealing money from a neighbour. He was found guilty and was fined, but was severely reprimanded for making additional threats on the way out of Court.
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Stealing turkeys
George Townsend, of North Mymms, and Edward Edwards, of Stapleford, were charged with stealing two turkeys.
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Stealing turnip tops - Hertford county sessions
Mrs. Tebboath, of Bircherly Street, Hertford, was charged with stealing turnip-tops.
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Stealing turnip tops - petty sessions
Two women charged with stealing turnip tops.
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Stealing was a habit, and the hidden pockets didn't help !
Elizabeth Aldridge, a wayfarer, stole goods, and some was found concealed in special pockets sewn onto the inside of her skirts and petticoats. With previous convictions, she was sent to prison.
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Stealing wheat at Hertford
Henry Evans and Arthur Livings, carmen in the employ of Messrs. A. McMullen & Co., seed merchants, were charged with stealing a sack of wheat.
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Stole from his sister
Thomas Brett was charged with stealing 2s.6d. the money of his married sister.
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Stores' employee's offence
Employee found guilty of embezzling store.
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Storing cash under the mattress is not a good idea
Annie Perry of Hoddesdon stole some money, but burned some so that it might not be found! The rest she spent freely in the town.
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Story of a poplar tree
Henry Newton, Frederick Pratt, Alfred Pratt, and Emily Richmond, all of Cadmore Lane, Cheshunt, were summoned for being in the unlawful possession of a quantity of wood.
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Taking money from the till is not a good idea
Annie Kirby, a domestic servant pleaded guilty to stealing from her employer.
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The 'Stevenage Twins' fowl stealing case
Albert Ebenezer Fox, Ebenezer Albert Fox (the Stevenage Twins), and John Chamberlain and Henry Appleby, were charged on remand with being concerned together in a theft of six fowls.
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The alleged robbery from a Ware jeweller
William Harmer, a labourer, of Hoddesdon, was charged with stealing a horse, a cart, and a quantity of jewellery.
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The barrow boy
Tom Jones (23), a carman, was indicted with feloniously stealing a pony, a set of harness, and a barrow.
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Crimes and Incidents

A SUMMARY OF OFFENCES FROM THE GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION CALENDAR FOR THE BOROUGH Michaelmas 1819 to Epiphany 1823
Bad words outside a cafe
Fined - Peddling without certificates
James Blackman Snook - Highwayman
Police : ' We will charge man'
Police hunt for Hatfield girl's attacker
What a sauce ! - alleged theft of bottles from goods yard
Animals
Crime Prevention
Drunkenness
Murder and Manslaughter
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Offences Against Property
Offenders
Policing before the Police Force
Policing in WW1
Public order offences
Suicide and Cases Reported to H.M. Coroner
Traffic Offences
Violent crime
Welfare

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