PC Smith performed duty at the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions at the Corn Exchange and was later paid £4 8s 5d.
29 Sep 1881
PC Smith was delegated to attend the Harpenden (Horse) Races for public order duties, and travelled from Bishops Stortford by train on the day before and then returned by train after the Races had finished.
26 May 1881
PC Smith was again tasked with overnight duty in connection with the Harpenden Races travelling by train via London.
07 Jun 1881
PC Smith liaised with PS Bacon of Essex Police at Stansted regarding a theft committed by a Charles Gilbey of Birchhanger from a William White of Birchhanger.
15 Jun 1881
PC Smith was tasked with a special duty to make enquiries in Takeley, in company with PS Taylor of Essex Police, to trace a George Fuller of Bishops Stortford for deserting his wife and children – without success.
31 Aug 1882
PC Smith appeared at Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange before F Vander – Meulen and J A Houblon Magistrates with Thomas Cheer charged by Inspector Clark of the Great Eastern Railway with travelling by train from Cambridge to Bishops Stortford without a ticket and in default of payment of 25 shillings. ...
31 Oct 1881
PC Smith attended the scene of a fire at Messr’s Miller’s Maltings in South Street Bishops Stortford. (This was a substantial fire which caused a lot of damage and was reported in the Herts and Essex Observer on the 20th May. It was apparently caused by the overheating of the Malt but was subsequently extinguished by ...
18 May 1882
PC Smith was on duty opposite The Great Hall South Street Bishops Stortford when he found a small ladies purse containing a half sovereign.
19 Oct 1881
PC Smith attended with [unreadable] Barrons Down where he made enquiries concerning a cash box found on the 5th November in some nettles in a [unreadable] field Barrons Down by James Prior bricklayer of Bells Hill Bishops Stortford and William Stock brickmaker of Barrons Down the box having been stolen on the 13th October from ...
06 Nov 1881
PC Smith records that he conferred with Deputy Chief Constable Ryder and then attended Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions where he gave evidence against [unreadable] who was charged with assaulting PC 117 [unreadable] and was sentenced to [unreadable] with hard labour.
19 May 1881
PC Smith attended the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange and gave evidence in two cases. Firstly against William Handscombe a bricklayer of Bishops Stortford who was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 1st October in Rye Street Bishops Stortford and secondly against Henry Prior a labourer of Bishops Stortford ...
13 Oct 1881
PC Smith together with Sergeant Hill and PC’s 20 and 108 travelled to Buntingford Police Station where they were inspected by the Government Inspector Colonel Cobb.
02 June 1882
PC Smith with PC 128 were tasked with making enquiries in Bishops Stortford for a strayed [unreadable] and a man wanted for horse stealing.
26 Jun 1882
At 6.30 pm on the 1st April 1882 PC Smith was informed by Deputy Chief Constable Ryder that at 5.30 pm a man had been exposing his person to young children in Green Lane Bishops Stortford. At 7.30 pm the same day he also learnt from Sergeant Bacon of Essex Police that a man of ...
01 Apr 1882
PC Smith was instructed to attend Buntingford Police Station for an Inspection Parade.
06 Jul 1881
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held in the Bishops Stortford Corn Exchange and before Magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen he gave evidence in the case of John Bush age 20 years of Bishops Stortford. He was charged with stealing a female jacket during the night of 16th February 1882 from the house of Caroline Hudgell ...
20 Feb 1882
On the 20th February 1882 PC Smith travelled to Chelmsford to appear at the Quarter Sessions to be held in the Shire Hall the following day. At Court he gave evidence against John Bush who was charged with stealing a females jacket on the night of the 16th February 1882 from the house of Caroline ...
20 Feb 1882
PC Smith made enquiries in Bishops Stortford regarding a man, [Timothy] Bevington, age 39 5 feet 11 inches, dark whiskers and heavy moustache wearing dark clothing, who was missing from [London] since Wednesday 2nd August 1882.
06 Aug 1882
As the previous page – PC Smith continued to carry out duties with regards to Weights and measures testing.
10 Jul 1882
PC Smith was ordered to perform duty at the Petty Sessions held at the Bishops Stortford Corn Exchange. Later that day he was paid £4 15s 0d.
16 Mar 1882
PC Smith was instructed to carry out duty at the Petty Sessions held in the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford.
13 Apr 1882
PC Smith was on duty at the Petty Sessions held at Bishops Stortford.
25 Aug 1881
