Life as a Police Sergeant and serving as a Traffic Officer.
Read more Another picture of the Ware Rural Beat car taken at Widford on 30th June 1968 just twenty days after it became operational, replacing the three motorcycles used by outstation officers at Hunsdon, Stanstead Abbotts and Wadesmill. The four original officers were PC Tony Elam (Hunsdon), PC Jim Warner (Wadesmill), PC Alan Richardson and PC John Weeks (Stanstead ...
Read more Benjamin Robinson a haycarter of Hunsdon, was summoned for riding asleep without reins.
Read more William Gunn, a hay carter, of Hunsdon, was summoned for a breach of the Lights on Vehicles Act.
Read more Infanticide of young newborn child.
Read more A heavy steam lorry left in the middle of the road caused a car to have to go into the ditch. The driver was asleep, having been awake for forty hours.
Read more Two young soldiers were brought before the Ware Bench on a charge of murdering Leonard Pegram.
Read more James Brown, hay carter, of Little Hadham, was summoned for having no lights on his cart.
Read more Two men were charged with poaching. A third man got away and the gamekeeper was threatened with the gun.
Read more Thomas Clegg, 17, was charged with stealing a loaf of bread from the cart of Mr E. Searle of Hunsdon.
Read more Edward Mascall and William Gunn, carters, of Hunsdon, were summoned for obstructing the highway at Hadham Cross, Much Hadham.
Read more Samuel Boswell, of Hunsdon, labourer, was charged with game trespass.
Read more William Cooper of Widford was summoned for doing wilful damage to a fence.
Read more Charles Randall, of Hunsdon, was charged with being drunk and disorderly there.
Read more Charles Bevan, of Dartford, Kent, was charged with stealing a shirt, value 3 shillings, the property of Harry Law, at Stanstead Abbotts.
Read more Four different instances of how to break the law whilst in charge of a horse and cart. These court cases were all reported 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 still relied heavily on horsepower.
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