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  • Harrowell, Samuel, 55 and 42, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Harrowell, Samuel, 55 and 42, Police Constable, Sergeant.
    Section B Reservist, Guardsman 26009 Coldstream Guards
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  • Crouch, George Gerald Loder, 330, Police Constable.
    Crouch, George Gerald Loder, 330, Police Constable.
    Private 59803 Royal Army Medical Corps, Lance Corporal P/14451 Military Foot Police.
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  • Burglary At Hoddesdon Co-op - (Edited Excerpts)
    Burglary At Hoddesdon Co-op - (Edited Excerpts)
      Ryan was then charged with being concerned with others in breaking into the Co-operative Stores at Hoddesdon and stealing goods to the value of £43 . John Smithurst , of Rushy Mead , Keyser’s Estate , Broxbourne , manager of the Co-operative clothing and drapery department ,  stated that on Saturday , December 6 ,  he locked up ...
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  • Woman accused of theft says ' I'm very sorry '
    Woman accused of theft says ' I'm very sorry '
    Apologies for fruit and vegetable theft. Two offenders fined £1 each
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  • Damaged silver birch trees : prison for three months
    Damaged silver birch trees : prison for three months
    Carpenter pleads guilty to damaging trees
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  • Shot fired at railway coach ?
    Shot fired at railway coach ?
    Damage caused to window of railway coach containing retired army officer.
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  • Who's got a sweet tooth, then ?
    Who's got a sweet tooth, then ?
    Did Mr Stamp hoard his syrup, or not? His Counsel argued, at appeal, that this was not so and, on reflection, the jury agreed. The appeal against the initial fine was allowed.
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  • Harmsworth, Francis William, 242, Police Constable.
    Harmsworth, Francis William, 242, Police Constable.
    ‘Bill’ as he was known, served in Wormley from 1930 and for the next 25 years was a well-known figure as he carried out the job of Village Constable for Wormley and Broxbourne. His work earned him many commendations, including the 1939-45 Defence Medal, Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and in 1953 he was ...
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  • Stack firing at Hoddesdon - no smoke without fire
    Stack firing at Hoddesdon - no smoke without fire
    Arthur Edward Hawthorn, 36, painter, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of hay.
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  • Cooper, John
    Cooper, John
    Highway robbery leaves a man dead between Hoddesdon & Wormley.
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  • Theft of a scythe
    Theft of a scythe
    Walter Fitzjohn was arrested for stealing a scythe, a rubstone, and a bag, with the intention of selling them.
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  • No Carriage Licence
    No Carriage Licence
    George Vincent, of Wormley West End, butcher, was summoned for keeping a carriage without a licence.
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  • What a versatile swindler
    What a versatile swindler
    Roderick Rennie, alias Douglas Campbell, described as an army coach, was convicted of two robberies at Highgate.
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  • Trumped again !
    Trumped again !
    James Turner, of Holloway, and Harry Broughton, of King's Cross, were charged with unlawfully playing a game of chance, ie the 3-card trick.
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  • A heartless bigamist
    A heartless bigamist
    Charles James Burton (30), a contractor, was charged with feloniously marrying Clarice Hester May Rawkins whilst his wife, Edith Kate Burton, was still alive.
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  • A fishy business !
    A fishy business !
    A police officer tries to stop a car but it runs into a shop.
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  • The woman, her daughter, the JP, and the Russian Count
    The woman, her daughter, the JP, and the Russian Count
    Edwin Butcher, of Hoddesdon, was summoned at Cheshunt by his wife, Elsie Ann Butcher, of Lower Edmonton, for cruelty and desertion.
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  • Ill treatment
    Ill treatment
    Thomas Hawkins, a dealer, was charged with cruelly beating a pony by striking it over the head with a board. Alfred Archer, the owner of the pony, was also charged with allowing the pony to be worked whilst in an unfit condition.
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  • An exciting struggle
    An exciting struggle
    "Strong Wormley beer" blamed for drunken fight with two constables
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  • Man found drowned - Broxbourne
    Man found drowned - Broxbourne
    An unknown man about 55 years of age was found drowned in the River Lea.
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  • Penal servitude for theft at Broxbourne
    Penal servitude for theft at Broxbourne
    Arthur Watson, 23, labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat and a bicycle
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  • Man killed on the railway
    Man killed on the railway
    Robert Cornhill, 24, a farm labourer, was found killed on the Great Eastern Railway.
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