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You are here: Home>Date of Coverage (by year)>1915

1915

  • Theft of lead from Haileybury College
    Theft of lead from Haileybury College
    William Cheek (36), a plumber, was charged with stealing 96 lbs of old lead from Haileybury College.
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  • Theft of motor tyres at St Albans
    Theft of motor tyres at St Albans
    Edgar Albert Gater (19), an electrical engineer in the Army Service Corps, was indicted for stealing eight motor tyres and three inner tubes.
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  • Theft of oats at Ware
    Theft of oats at Ware
    Silas R. Smith (31), a dealer, of Clements Road, Star Street, Ware, was charged with stealing 8 bushels of oats and two sacks.
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  • Theft of postage stamps
    Theft of postage stamps
    Charles Cuffley was charged with with stealing a quantity of postage stamps.
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  • Theft of postage stamps - 2
    Theft of postage stamps - 2
    Charles Cuffley, of 45 Bath Street, Northampton, was charged with the theft of 1 shilling's worth of postage stamps.
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  • Theft of straw at Rickmansworth
    Theft of straw at Rickmansworth
    Ezekiel Franklin (30), dealer, was indicted for stealing a quantity of straw, at Rickmansworth, on October 25; also with receiving two sacks of stolen oats, at Bushey, on October 2.
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  • Theft of vegetables
    Theft of vegetables
    George Wright, of Hertford Heath, pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of growing brussels sprouts from a field on Foxholes Farm.
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  • Theft of wire netting at Brocket Hall
    Theft of wire netting at Brocket Hall
    Harry Wyndham, a labourer, in the employ of Lord Mount Stephen at Brocket Hall, Hatfield, was charged with stealing 40 yards of wire netting.
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  • Thompson, Herbert William, 56, Police Constable.
    Thompson, Herbert William, 56, Police Constable.
    Horse Keeper 13752 Army Veterinary Corps, Gunner 197240 Royal Field Artillery, Sergeant 300554 14th Tank Corps
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  • Thorpe, Herbert William George, 24, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Constable St. Albans City Police
    Thorpe, Herbert William George, 24, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Constable St. Albans City Police
    Coldstream Guardsman, wounded, Silver War Badge.
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  • Threatening Language
    Threatening Language
    Harry Spinks, of Green Street, was summoned for using threatening and abusive words.
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  • Thurley, Walter John, 315, Police Constable.
    Thurley, Walter John, 315, Police Constable.
    Private 2547 Hertfordshire Yeomanry
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  • Trespassing
    Trespassing
    Herbert Deards, of Woolmer Green, was charged with trespassing but did not appear in Court.
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  • Trespassing
    Trespassing
    George Paternoster, and John Anderson, both labourers of Digswell, pleaded not guilty to trespassing in the daytime in search of conies on November 28
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  • Trussell, Herbert, 299, Police Constable.
    Trussell, Herbert, 299, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Gunner 205986 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Two farmers fined
    Two farmers fined
    John Hugh Smyth, a farmer, of Guilden Morden, was fined 10s. and 15s. costs for moving a cow along the High Street at Ashwell, in contravention of the Foot & Mouth Disease Order, 1914.
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  • Unlawful possession of pheasants' eggs
    Unlawful possession of pheasants' eggs
    Alfred Huckle, of Mill Green, Essendon, was summoned for having in his possession five pheasants' eggs.
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  • Using a cart without a name
    Using a cart without a name
    St Albans resident is fined for using a cart for trade without displaying a name.
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  • Using Bad Language
    Using Bad Language
    Jane Cockman, of Green Street, pleaded guilty to using bad language.
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  • Very little sleep for 22 weeks
    Very little sleep for 22 weeks
    Frederick Byatt, of Flamstead End, was summoned for not having proper control of a horse and cart.
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  • Vintner, Alfred, 56, Police Constable.
    Vintner, Alfred, 56, Police Constable.
    Grenadier Guardsman badly wounded
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  • Wackett, Leonard, 115, Police Constable.
    Wackett, Leonard, 115, Police Constable.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 32201 Grenadier Guards
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  • Wallen, Joseph, 261 and 96, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Wallen, Joseph, 261 and 96, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Section B Reservist, Bombardier 205953 Royal Horse Artillery
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  • Waller, Ernest Edgar, 70, Police Constable.
    Waller, Ernest Edgar, 70, Police Constable.
    Having served as Private 3789 in the Bedfordshire Regiment he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1897. He was recalled to the Colours on 4th December 1899 for the Boer War but found to be unfit for service in South Africa. He re-joined the Police but then made a major error of judgement which saw him sent to prison. He later re-joined the Bedfordshire Regiment and served throughout WW1.
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