This list was probably compiled during the period the journal was in use and it contains the name, address, occupation, age and a brief description of individuals who were either convicted or suspected of offences Ed.
01 Apr 1881
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held before the Reverend F Vander-Meulen at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford in the case of Philip Jenkins who had absconded from the Bishops Stortford Union on the 11th January 1882. He then conferred with PS Parish and subsequently escorted Jenkins to Cambridge gaol.
14 Jan 1882
PC Smith appeared before Reverend F Vander-Meulen Magistrate in the case of Mary Harvey aged 65 of Sawbridgeworth who was charged with being drunk and incapable in North Street on Thursday 8th and was Discharged,
10 Jun 1882
PC Smith received a report of another stolen horse this time a chestnut mare of 14 1/2 hands with a white face and a square tail with broken wind stolen during the night of 3rd August 1882 from Roydon. He made enquiries in Bishops Stortford.
04 Aug 1882
It appears that PC Smith arrested a man who was charged with stealing in Hadham Road Bishops Stortford although much of the entry has not survived Ed.
12 May 1881
PC Smith was on duty in High Street Bishops Stortford on the 24th August 1882 at 11.30 pm when he arrested James William Gurford a chimney sweep and chair repairer for being drunk and disorderly and in doing so he was assaulted in the execution of his duty. On 26th August PC Smith attended before the ...
24 Aug 1882
PC Smith attended the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange and before Magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen he gave evidence in the case of George Clark of Witham who was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Church Street Bishops Stortford the night before. He was sentenced to 14 days in prison.
13 Mar 1882
PC Smith and PC Hill were tasked with making enquiries regarding an attempted break in at the house of a Mr Smith a farmer of Standon by means of a ladder leading to a bedroom window. A suspect was described as beiing 45 to 50 years old – continued on next page.
15 Jul 1882
Description of suspected offender continued – wearing a black hard felt hat – as seen in the neighbourhood of Standon.
15 Jul 1882
PC Smith again attended the Petty Sessions.
21 Jul 1881
PC Smith attended the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford for duty at the Petty Sessions.
24 Nov 1881
PC Smith attended the Bishops Stortford Corn Exchange for duty at the Petty Sessions.
16 Feb 1882
PC Smith attended the court at 2 pm.
02 Jun 1881
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford.
23 Jun 1881
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford and was later paid his salary of £4 8s 5d.
01 Sep 1881
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford.
15 Sep 1881
PC Smith made enquiries regarding a purse lost by the Reverend Vander-Meluen which had been found by two 8 year old boys, Alfred Faircloth and Herbert Hall, both of New Town Bishops Stortford unfortunately they had spent some of the money it contained.
26 Dec 1881
PC Smith was sent to the Bull, North End, Sawbridgeworth in company with [unreadable] Rogers of the Royal Humane Society with regard to a horse owned by a William Simmons of Bishops Stortford which being worked in carting faggots from Hatfield Heath Essex to the railway station in Sawbridgeworth in an unfit state, the owner ...
17 Apr 1882
PC Smith was tasked with distributing Bills of Weights And Measures around Bishops Stortford. (At this time there were no such thing as Trading Standard Officers and one of the responsibilities of the Police was to check traders who used measuring devices such as scales to make sure they were accurate Ed).
18 Jan 1882
PC Smith was on duty in Church Street Bishops Stortford when he arrested George Clark age 30 years a Footman of Witham Essex for being drunk and disorderly.
12 Mar 1882
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions at Bishops Stortford held in the Corn Exchange where he gave evidence before the Reverend F Vander-Meulen Magistrate in the case against Christopher Bailey a prisoner charged with being drunk in North Street on Sunday 4th June. Fined 16 shillings including costs.
05 June 1882
At 3.30 pm PC Smith was on duty in South Street Bishops Stortford when his attention was called to a drunk man.
08 Apr 1882
PC Smith was on duty in South Street when his attention was drawn to a report of a drunk man acting with riotous behaviour wanting to fight with Robert Cowell, Coal and Corn Merchant, of Bishops Stortford. On PC Smith’s arrival he found William Handscombe, a bricklayer of Bishops Stortford, drunk and standing in the ...
08 April 1882
PC Smith was on duty at the [Forresters Fair] which was held at Bishops Stortford.
01 Aug 1881
