In July 1919 a riot overwhelmed Luton Borough Police and assistance was requested of the Hertford County Constabulary.
Read more Having served as Lance Sergeant 7073 in the 1st and 3rd Battalions, Coldstream Guards he joined the Hertford County Constabulary in 1894. He was recalled to the Colours on 14th May 1900 during the Boer War and served as a Drill Instructor. He re-joined the Police and later volunteered for the Army during WW1, again as a Drill Instructor. Re-joining the Police again he retired on pension shortly afterwards.
Read more Alfred White was charged with driving a motor-car without a licence.
Read more Bertie Carter, aged 8 years, of Digswell House Lodge, was charged with setting fire to a stack of hay.
Read more Hertfordshire Mercury, 31st October 1914 Ellen Rushforth, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing a National Relief Fund box containing 6 pence and 1 farthing, the property of the Welwyn Committee of the National Retirement Fund, on 16th October. The woman pleaded guilty. Thomas Parsons, manager of the Rose and Crown Public House, Welwyn, said that ...
Read more Gaol for mat mender who threatened bystander in Welwyn with a 9 inch needle.
Read more George Anderson was sentenced to death for the murder of his daughter-in-law.
Read more Charles Cuffley was charged with with stealing a quantity of postage stamps.
Read more Charles Cuffley, of 45 Bath Street, Northampton, was charged with the theft of 1 shilling's worth of postage stamps.
Read more Drunken labourer asked to be locked up, then chooses gaol instead of a fine for assault on the police.
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