From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from his home at Willian since 8.30 a.m. this day Francis John Pettingale [born Nunn – Ed.], 16, 5 ft 6, medium build, complexion dark, hair and eyes dark brown, slight moustache, dressed in dark grey suit and green plaid cap, lace up boots, scar on ...
10 Aug 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from [unreadable Ed.] since afternoon of the 16th Inst Rosa Mary Manning, age 14, 4 ft 3 or 4, complexion fair, eyes [unreadable Ed.], hair dark brown, [unreadable Ed.], dressed black sailor hat, black serge jacket ….. Continued on next page.
17 Oct 1902
Continued from previous page. ….. lined with coloured silk lining, grey skirt, brown and yellow check wrap, black stockings, button boots, carried a small fancy basket, appeared strange in her manner, parents reside at Stevenage.
17 Oct 1902
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Copy of telegram received. My wife disappeared Monday afternoon with baby and broken perambulator is dressed in a black sailor hat and black jacket. William Rush Elmdon Essex. Wife name Harriet. Written alongside entry – Found at Cambridge 16.04.03
16 Apr 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from her home at 5 Tilehouse Street, Hitchin from 3.30 p.m. Sunday 7th Inst Louisa Maria Newton, 52 years, about 5 ft 6, hair brown turning grey with false plaits, dressed in shabby black satin skirt no trimming, black print blouse of a small white pattern, ...
08 Jun 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable Herts to Police Cambridge (Boro) – There has been a large trunk and a great number of other things are missing from the Great Northern Railway (recovered), a girl was traced to Royston (whose name is supposed to be Miss Coleby 1 Panton Street Cambridge which was found on a piece ...
13 Dec 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from his home at Hitchin since 10 a.m. 26 Inst. Charles Jeffs, age 58, 5 ft 4 or 5, fair complexion, side whiskers & moustache & hair fair, bald on top of head, dressed in dark grey jacket, hard hat and heavy boots, has been strange ...
27 Apr 1904
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from his home St. Andrews Place, Hitchin since Wednesday 23 March Chas Simpkins age 36, 5 ft 6, sallow complexion, walks very upright, clean shaven, dress when last seen white cord trousers & vest, Pilot jacket and brown cap, had in his possession a watch & ...
02 Apr 1904
Continued from previous page. …. feared some ill has befallen him.
02 Apr 1904
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from his home since 9 a.m. on Monday 18 Inst. Walter Smith of The Warren Royston, a shop porter, age 44, 5 ft, complexion, eyes and hair dark, clean shaven, slight build, dressed in dark check suit, black & white check scarf, no collar, white shirt, ...
21 Apr 1904
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Missing from her home at Julians Road Stevenage since 7 a.m. this day Rose Mary Warner, age 21, 5 ft 4 or 5, dark hair, brown eyes, full face, ruddy complexion, wearing spectacles, slim build, dress black serge jacket & skirt, black sailor hat black & white ...
07 Mar 1904
The Deputy Chief Constable sent a message ordering PC 15A Lawrence to remove [transfer Ed.] to Bishops Stortford in place of PC Fensome on the following Friday.
31 Aug 1902
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Lost this day at Gosmore near Hitchin a Chinese dog coloured white and fawn, tail curled over back, has on collar or ribbon with bell attached, the property of English Harrison Esq. 10/- reward. Also found straying at Hitchin this day a valuable dark grey & white ...
22 Aug 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Referring to Police Gazette 22 April 04 Case 22 the man Brown & woman Sutton have been arrested.
24 Apr 1904
The Deputy Chief Constable circulated a letter received from the Clerk of Peace to all Superintendents which instructed that the Secretary of State had postponed the implementation of a new Byelaw until the 5th September.
19 Aug 1902
From Deputy Chief Constable of Essex to Police Bishops Stortford – George Henry Hill @ [unreadable Ed.] a rag gatherer s in custody here for larceny prisoner states he was convicted at Hertford for …… Continued on next page.
28 Dec 1903
Continued from previous page. …… receiving a stolen horse and sentenced to 7 years also convicted for stealing a bunch of keys at Bishops Stortford and sentenced to 2 months H.L. [Hard Labour Ed.] I will thank you to forward me full particulars of convictions by Post.
28 Dec 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to 218 Birmingham – Escort will arrive tomorrow morning for Sharp and Marlow. Transmitted.
14 May 1903
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Remanded in custody at this station until 5th Inst charged with stealing an half quarter loaf of bread at Hitchin on 28th April 1903, George Dickinson, no fixed abode, 49, 5 ft 3, dark brown hair & moustache, eyes blue, complexion fresh, scar left side of forehead, ...
02 May 1903
The Deputy Chief Constable sent a message to All Stations circulating details of a theft from Paddington Railway Station on Saturday the 23rd Inst. A lady’s travelling bag and its contents was left unattended on the 11.30 a.m. train and was stolen.
25 Aug 1902
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Copy of letter from Cambs Police Arrington. Remanded in custody until Monday next on a charge of Larceny Israel Loveridge, 30, 5 ft 6, sallow complexion, hair dark brown, eyes hazel, Thomas Loveridge, age 30, 5 ft 6, eyes dark brown, hair dark brown, both travel with ...
19 Dec 1902
From Deputy Chief Constable to A, B & F Division – Will you please let me have any convictions you may have against George Dellow a labourer of Barkway age 23.
12 Mar 1904
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Please will you inform me if you have any convictions recorded against Frederick Waites a Dealer age 33 of Kempston Bedfordshire he is summoned to appear at Hitchin Bench on Tuesday next 23rd Inst.
20 Feb 1904
From Deputy Chief Constable to All Stations – Came astray on the 5th Inst and now shut up at Mr. Wallace’s Mardley Bury Farm Datchworth one black horse colt, one brown horse colt, one brown nag, one bay filly and 2 bay horse ponies.
06 Apr 1903
