In 1908, 'scrumping' of apples was a serious offence. Fines were levied and, if not paid on time, hard labour could be the result.
Read more John Whitley charged with being found on enclosed premises for the supposed purpose of committing a felony.
Read more William and George Pateman, aged 12 and 9, committed burglary and were found hiding in the warehouse.
Read more 'Irish Jack' attempted burglary but was caught at the window by the Rector.
Read more William Frederick Dew, a County Court bailiff from Barnet, pleaded guilty to embezzling £29 12s 9d.
Read more Theft of five fowls. Milkman fined £2.
Read more A boy, George Lawrence, charged with stealing a quantity of beans.
Read more Belgian refugee Jean Van Hoof charged with setting fire to stacks of mixed hay, wheat and clover.
Read more Bertie Smith charged with embezzling small sums of money from his employer.
Read more William Marriott, 13, stole various articles of value from a house, plus condensed milk.
Read more Matthew Wioment and Alfred Horstead summoned for stealing 90lbs of brass fittings in Roydon.
Read more Ernest J. Gatward charged with stealing a quantity of brass to the value of 10 shillings.
Read more Charles Ward, of 4 Grays Cottages, Hertford Heath, pleaded guilty to stealing four cucumbers.
Read more Herbert Franklin (10) and Richard Scales (9) were charged with stealing beans.
Read more Stanley Huckle (13), Ernest Moulton (12), and Geoffrey Hart (12), schoolboys, of Hatfield, were summoned for stealing.
Read more Seven boys from Letchworth, whose ages ranged from 14 to 19, were charged with the theft of a jar of potted meat, value 6½d.
Read more Three schoolboys were charged with the theft of several articles from two soldiers.
Read more Two boys, formerly inmates of St Albans Home, Knebworth, were charged on remand with stealing.
Read more Robert Morbary, a tramp, pleaded guilty to breaking a window at the lock-up.
Read more George Clues, a repeat offender, stole 6d worth of postage stamps.
Read more Arthur Attfield and William Tew, both teenagers, plead guilty to breaking and entering.
Read more Paddy Bucket , 37 , engine driver, no fixed abode, was charged on remand with being drunk and incapable at Hitchin on Friday, and doing wilful damage at Hitchin Police Station.
Read more Albert Williams charged with breaking and entering the house of Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton Baker.
Read more Two tramps arrested wearing Vicar's stolen clothing.
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