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  • Hertford Special Police – The Annual Dinner – Chief Constable and Motor Patrol Duty
    Hertford Special Police – The Annual Dinner – Chief Constable and Motor Patrol Duty
    The annual dinner of the Hertford County Permanent Police Reserve ( Special Constabulary ) , was held at the Shire Hall , Hertford on Thursday last week .
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  • The servant girl of 21 disguised the death of her child
    The servant girl of 21 disguised the death of her child
    Louisa Coxall (21), a domestic servant, from Buntingford, was charged with concealing the birth of a male child, at Little Berkhamstead, on 20th September.
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  • Depression led her to take her own life
    Depression led her to take her own life
    Mary Ann Bent took her own life, by cutting her throat with a razor. She had been found in a pool of blood. She had not felt well, and was depressed.
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  • No smoke - false fire alarm - cinema attendant fined
    No smoke - false fire alarm - cinema attendant fined
    George William Taylor (29) , of 15 City Street , Hertford , cinema attendant , was charged with unlawfully causing a false alarm of fire to be given to the Hertford Fire Brigade.
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  • Hoddesdon man's crime record
    Hoddesdon man's crime record
    Alfred Humberstone , labourer , 104 Amwell Street , Hoddesdon , was charged with stealing a gent's overcoat and a pair of gauntlet gloves.
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  • Reynolds - Three generations of the same family served in the Police Force.
    Reynolds - Three generations of the same family served in the Police Force.
    Three generations, PC William Reynolds, ex-Supt W Reynolds, and ex-DCC John Reynolds, have all left the force but are all still alive, after serving 91 years collectively
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  • Housebreaking at Hertford
    Housebreaking at Hertford
    Sovereigns and silver stolen in housebreaking. Men wanted.
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  • 5,500 cigarettes stolen
    5,500 cigarettes stolen
    Police tipped off and chase a man on a bike.
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  • She harboured a deserter, but showed that she was unaware
    She harboured a deserter, but showed that she was unaware
    Kathleen Mather, a tipster, employed, unknowingly, a deserter, but did not declare the fact. She also produced circulars contrary to paper restrictions. She was fined.
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  • This little piggy....exposed carcasses
    This little piggy....exposed carcasses
    Robert Cook was summoned for permitting the carcasses of five small pigs to be exposed on a manure heap.
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  • Threatening another to commit a crime doesn't alleviate the guilt
    Threatening another to commit a crime doesn't alleviate the guilt
    Henry Roberts threatened his wife into stealing a bank book. He was sentenced to 21 days' hard labour.
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  • How serious an offence is playing cards on a Sunday ?
    How serious an offence is playing cards on a Sunday ?
    Six boys were fined sums varying between £1 and 10s, for playing cards on a Sunday.
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  • Attacking a woman is a serious offence
    Attacking a woman is a serious offence
    Three teenage boys were summoned for attacking a woman.
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  • Hill climbing on Sunday
    Hill climbing on Sunday
    Motor-cycle club disturbing the peace
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  • Assaults on the police
    Assaults on the police
    Emily Ansell (40) pleaded guilty to assaulting the police in the execution of their duty
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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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  • Maintenance has to be paid for children left at the workhouse
    Maintenance has to be paid for children left at the workhouse
    Robert William Box, a coal carrier, had left his children chargeable to the Union for a number of years but paid no maintenance for them.
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  • East Herts MP found not guilty
    East Herts MP found not guilty
    MP did not make salacious and libellous comments.
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  • Diary of Norman Gasper
    Diary of Norman Gasper
    Diary Transcript
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  • Report for military service when called upon
    Report for military service when called upon
    Ernest Ripley, a butcher, did not report for military service when called up.
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  • Hill, George, 178, Police Constable.
    Hill, George, 178, Police Constable.
    Memories and photo of P.c. 178 George Hill, Hertford
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  • The vicar's grate was not great in the circumstances !
    The vicar's grate was not great in the circumstances !
    The Reverend Hodgson failed to adequately screen his windows, and paid the price, but he had not left the light on when he went out. It was the fire in his grate.
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  • Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Bert Sharp, when caught poaching in the woods with a gun, fired and wounded the gamekeeper.
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  • Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    The appointment of Captain Archibald Robertson as Chief Constable, on 12th April 1841, is largely regarded as the first day of the Hertfordshire Constabulary.
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