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  • Two soldiers, absent from their regiment, embark on serious stealing and housebreaking
    Two soldiers, absent from their regiment, embark on serious stealing and housebreaking
    Dormer and Mulholland, army deserters, embarked on a lengthy spate of housebreaking and stealing. Both were caught in possession of stolen goods & were both sentenced to hard labour.
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  • Her melancholia led to suicide
    Her melancholia led to suicide
    Mrs Warmington was unwell and depressed, with her memory failing and, despite prescribed tablets, had decided to take her own life. Her husband was not even aware that she had left the house.
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  • A 'bust-out' on stolen money
    A 'bust-out' on stolen money
    Eleven-year-old Charles Rogers from Ware charged with stealing cash belonging to Emma Crane.
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  • On the run !
    On the run !
    Privates Fletcher and Newton were charged with being army deserters, and it wasn't the first time!
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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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  • Pilfering children
    Pilfering children
    Harry Blakes (12), and May Blakes (14) of Black Swan Yard, Ware, were convicted of stealing potatoes.
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  • Boys after beans
    Boys after beans
    Herbert Franklin (10) and Richard Scales (9) were charged with stealing beans.
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  • Theft of desks
    Theft of desks
    Albert Page (15), of 18 Bowing Road, Ware, and Frederick W. Shambrook (16), of 13 Priory Street, Ware, were summoned for stealing two desks,
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  • Always ask a copper !
    Always ask a copper !
    A man named William Parker, of no fixed abode, was seen by Police Sergeant Firth begging in Mensby on Monday.
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  • A mad woman
    A mad woman
    Ada Izzard, of Ware, was charged with being drunk in the town on 19th October.
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  • "Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink"
    "Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink"
    Hertfordshire Mercury, 31st October 1914 The Ware Fire Brigade received a call on the Monday evening at about 8.30 p.m. to The Bungalow, Baker’s End, Wareside. The Brigade, under Captain John Page, was quickly on the scene but was unable to render assistance as there was no water at hand. Superintendent Handley drove to the fire, and other ...
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  • Give him the sack !
    Give him the sack !
    Private David George Goodman of the Army Service Corps, at Ware Station, was charged with stealing five sacks, to the value of 7 shillings and 6 pence, the property of the Secretary of State for War.
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  • Staggering behaviour
    Staggering behaviour
    Standon resident arrested for being under the influence at Barwick.
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