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  • Digby, George Walter, 119, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Digby, George Walter, 119, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector.
    Retirement after 25 years service.
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  • An assault on a girl is abhorrent
    An assault on a girl is abhorrent
    Three men from Ayot St Peter charged with rape and indecent assault.
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  • The judge affirmed that throat cutting was a coward's way out
    The judge affirmed that throat cutting was a coward's way out
    Eleanor Chalkley had been accused of stealing eggs and, consequently, attempted to take her own life. The charge of stealing was subsequently withdrawn, and the Judge gave her another chance.
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  • A second husband whilst the first is serving abroad !
    A second husband whilst the first is serving abroad !
    Silvia Annie Crampton was charged with bigamy.
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  • Burch, William and Silcock, Anthony, Constables : fatal road accident
    Burch, William and Silcock, Anthony, Constables : fatal road accident
    Constables Burch and Silcock killed in a traffic incident in April 1960.
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  • Stealing was a habit, and the hidden pockets didn't help !
    Stealing was a habit, and the hidden pockets didn't help !
    Elizabeth Aldridge, a wayfarer, stole goods, and some was found concealed in special pockets sewn onto the inside of her skirts and petticoats. With previous convictions, she was sent to prison.
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  • Don't fight for your bag of coal
    Don't fight for your bag of coal
    Frederick Basill stole coal from the railway company.
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  • Herts Police Moves
    Herts Police Moves
    Recent police moves
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  • Did the shame of stealing 6 eggs lead to the attempted suicide ?
    Did the shame of stealing 6 eggs lead to the attempted suicide ?
    Eleanor Chalkley stole eggs from her employer and, as a result, she attempted suicide. Her employer advised the Court that he did not wish to press the case.
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  • Gale, Godfrey ‘Geoff’, 569, Police Constable.
    Gale, Godfrey ‘Geoff’, 569, Police Constable.
    A long history of service to the Hertfordshire Constabulary from one family. From 1889 when John Knights joined to 2005 when Clive Gale retired
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  • Proper pickle - theft from Hatfield show
    Proper pickle - theft from Hatfield show
    Charles Gilbert, of 8, Berner's Street, London, a groom, was charged on remand with stealing a jar of pickles.
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  • Drunk and disorderly
    Drunk and disorderly
    George and Annie Reading, of no fixed abode, with being drunk and disorderly at Hatfield
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  • Bad language / Assaulting a constable
    Bad language / Assaulting a constable
    Ernest William Lawrence, Arthur James Warner, and Cecil Ilett, all of Hatfield, were summoned for using bad language.
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  • Grave charge against a soldier
    Grave charge against a soldier
    Lance-corporal charged with an act of gross indecency with a young man.
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  • Officer fined for having bright lights
    Officer fined for having bright lights
    Lieut. George Sidney Richardson, whose address was given as the Newcastle Arms, Tuxford, Notts., was summoned for driving a motor-car with powerful headlights in contravention of the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
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  • Drunkenness
    Drunkenness
    Walter Overton, platelayer, of Gracemead Cottages, was summoned for being drunk and incapable at Hatfield.
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  • Summons under the Lighting Order
    Summons under the Lighting Order
    Mrs. Macintosh Jowitt, of Anothoth, Nast Hyde, was summoned under the Lighting Order for failing to obscure the lights at her residence
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  • Oliver, Walter William, 44, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector.
    Oliver, Walter William, 44, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector.
    A short autobiography of PC 44 Walter Oliver who rose to become one of the early Detectives in the Force.
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  • 1963 crimes in New Towns
    1963 crimes in New Towns
    "New Towns are tending to become a hotbed for Criminal Activities" Statement by Chair of Herts Quarter Sessions causes uproar amongst the new Towns.
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  • Halsey, John, 55, Police Cadet, Constable, Sergeant.
    Halsey, John, 55, Police Cadet, Constable, Sergeant.
    Details of John Halsey's police career from 1959 - 1990. Also some pictures of amongst other things Police Vehicles.
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  • Theft of wire netting at Brocket Hall
    Theft of wire netting at Brocket Hall
    Harry Wyndham, a labourer, in the employ of Lord Mount Stephen at Brocket Hall, Hatfield, was charged with stealing 40 yards of wire netting.
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  • Driving with bright lights
    Driving with bright lights
    Reginald William Lay (30), of 16 Canterbury Road, Watford, was charged under the Defence of the Realm Act with driving a motor-car with powerful headlights.
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  • Improvements to Hatfield Police Station
    Improvements to Hatfield Police Station
    Hatfield Police Station improved 1916
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  • Bristow, Henry, 257, Police Constable.
    Bristow, Henry, 257, Police Constable.
    P.C. Henry Bristow (34) died suddenly of aneurism, having only been married for 6 months.
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