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  • Drunkenness
    Drunkenness
    William Barrett, a roadman, of Birch Green, pleaded not guilty to being drunk at Hertingfordbury
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  • David Charles Wardrop recalls his first night shift as a Hertfordshire Police Officer.
    David Charles Wardrop recalls his first night shift as a Hertfordshire Police Officer.
    David Charles Wardrop who wanted to become a librarian, who was an aircraft electrician by trade and ended up in the Police force. Here he is talking about his first night on patrol.
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  • Not guilty to manslaughter but guilty to dangerous driving
    Not guilty to manslaughter but guilty to dangerous driving
    Young 18 year old struck by car and killed near Baldock.
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  • Goodman, William
    Goodman, William
    A point in law where poaching means murder and death by hanging, but stealing leads to acquittal.
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  • Cock, Infant - murder
    Cock, Infant - murder
    Another tragic case of Infanticide this one resulting in the mother being hanged.
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  • Foster, Mrs
    Foster, Mrs
    Beating of a pregnant wife.
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  • Carey, Rose
    Carey, Rose
    Drunken anger leads a husband to dreadfully batter his wife.
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  • Proctor, Charles
    Proctor, Charles
    A young servant girl aged 14-16 (depending on sources) executed for the callous poisoning of a young child in her care.
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  • Wade, Martha
    Wade, Martha
    Murderer tries a new defence at Court.
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  • Riley, Infant
    Riley, Infant
    Another tragic case of Infanticide by unmarried parents.
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  • Murder of Alice Hurry
    Murder of Alice Hurry
    A tragic case of Infanticide by unmarried parents.
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  • Hertfordshire summer assizes
    Hertfordshire summer assizes
    24 prisoners and 18 cases.
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  • Assault on a woman
    Assault on a woman
    Harry Raw, 34, of Green Street, labourer, was charged with assaulting Louisa Moulding
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  • Soldier charged with stealing a bicycle
    Soldier charged with stealing a bicycle
    Gunner Albert Peverell, of the 3/4th East Anglian Brigade, R.F.A., was charged with stealing a bicycle, valued at £10, the property of Sergt. Lindell, of the Herts. Yeomanry.
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  • Man, Marion
    Man, Marion
    Another case of witchcraft, this one though leading to an acquittal.
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  • Grubb, Simon
    Grubb, Simon
    Hertford Witch hanged for murder.
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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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  • Overloaded vehicles - not a new phenomenon !
    Overloaded vehicles - not a new phenomenon !
    Overloading of vehicles is nothing new it seems.
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  • Lighting restriction offences
    Lighting restriction offences
    William John Spencer, of 30 Tamworth Road, Hertford, chief clerk at the County Medical Offices, and Harry Reed, steward, of the Barracks, Hertford, were summoned for a breaches of the Lighting Restriction Order.
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  • Hertford carmen fined
    Hertford carmen fined
    Four carmen in the employ of the Hertford Brewery were summoned for leaving their horses and carts unattended on the highway at Stevenage.
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  • Charge against a Belgian dismissed
    Charge against a Belgian dismissed
    Jean Van Hoof (49), a Belgian, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of wheat straw, a stack of clover hay, and two stacks of clover.
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  • A fallen woman's crimes
    A fallen woman's crimes
    May Houghton indicted for stealing an overcoat and a jacket from William Bidgood.
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  • Soldier steals motor-bicycles
    Soldier steals motor-bicycles
    Harold Nutt (18), motor driver, pleaded guilty to stealing a motor-bicycle.
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  • The Lighting Restrictions
    The Lighting Restrictions
    At Hertford County Sessions on Saturday, Mr John Rigby, of the Moat House, Hertingfordbury, land agent, was summoned for a contravention of the Lighting Restriction Order, on November 5.
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