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  • Violence doesn't pay
    Violence doesn't pay
    Drunk and disorderly duo in Hoddesdon assault police officer.
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  • Drunk and disorderly
    Drunk and disorderly
    Edward Albert Newnham, of 5, Mill Lane, Cheshunt, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Cheshunt.
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  • Drunk in charge of a child
    Drunk in charge of a child
    Hoddesdon munitions workers drunk in charge of a child.
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  • Robbery by a boy - petty sessions
    Robbery by a boy - petty sessions
    William Gilham, of West Ham, was charged with stealing a silver watch and a bunch of keys.
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  • Cannon let off - with a fine for drunkenness
    Cannon let off - with a fine for drunkenness
    Two individuals plead guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct.
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  • Simply quackers -  alleged detention of a duck
    Simply quackers - alleged detention of a duck
    Fredrick Eve, of Waltham Common Lock, was summoned by George Platten, landlord of the Jolly Bargeman, near Cheshunt Wharf, for detaining a duck.
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  • Alleged assault
    Alleged assault
    Alfred Greeves, of North Finchley charged with assaulting Frederick Sterling
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  • Rolling along !
    Rolling along !
    Attempt at bribery of a Police Officer to avoid unattended steamroller charge results in stiff fine or jail.
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  • The game is up !
    The game is up !
    George Sewell of Duke Street, Hoddesdon, and Joseph Halsey of Burford Street, Hoddesdon, were summoned for trespassing, on 20th February, in search of game.
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  • Charged with being on enclosed premises
    Charged with being on enclosed premises
    William Harmer, of Hoddesdon, was charged with being on enclosed premises supposed for an unlawful purpose.
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  • Up to his knees in it !
    Up to his knees in it !
    John Cole, of 1 Prospect Place, Blindman's Lane, Cheshunt, a carman, was charged with stealing two fire bricks, value 1 shilling, from a truck at Cheshunt railway station
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  • A charge dismissed
    A charge dismissed
    Weight of defendant's witnesses' statements results in dismissal of intoxication charge.
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  • Suicide by Drowning in New River
    Suicide by Drowning in New River
    The body of Miss Ethel Thurgood was found in the New River near Bury Green Farm.
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  • Poaching for a living
    Poaching for a living
    William Ernest Edward Smith of Goffs Oak, was summoned for assaulting a boy and wilfully wounding a pigeon.
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  • Beanfeasters attack police in Waltham Cross
    Beanfeasters attack police in Waltham Cross
    North London bean feasters get percolated in Waltham Cross.
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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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  • Disgraceful riots at Waltham Cross
    Disgraceful riots at Waltham Cross
    Five charges of riot in Waltham Cross heard at Petty Sessions.
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  • Drunk in charge of a push-cart
    Drunk in charge of a push-cart
    Drunken woman in charge of handcart and a child.
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  • Game for the task
    Game for the task
    Oliver Clark of Whitley Road and Joseph Halsey of Burford Street were convicted of trespassing on the land of G. W. Frogley.
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  • Drunkenness - petty sessions
    Drunkenness - petty sessions
    Two cases of drunk and disorderly.
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  • Playing pitch and toss
    Playing pitch and toss
    Arthur Woodard, George Lowin, and Lewis Clark, all of Flamstead End, were summoned for playing pitch and toss in Park Lane, Chestnut.
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  • Theft from Wormley butcher's shop - part 1
    Theft from Wormley butcher's shop - part 1
    Alfred Lee, Alfred Hunt and Jon Aldridge of Wormley were charged with stealing six pounds of beef and two rabbits from a butcher's shop.
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  • Traffic cops 1909/10
    Traffic cops 1909/10
    Four different instances of how to break the law whilst in charge of a horse and cart. These court cases were all reportedĀ in the Hertfordshire Mercury in one week. We can see our local Constabulary had traffic and road safety problems to deal with, although in 1909, motor cars were rare and transport stillĀ relied heavily on horsepower.
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  • Enemy aliens
    Enemy aliens
    As the war started, suspicion of foreigners, particularly Belgians and Germans, began to be reported in the local newspapers.
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