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  • Working is better than thieving
    Working is better than thieving
    William Manning, 16, a boy with a history of criminal activity, is found guilty of breaking into a church. The sentence this time is 3 years in Borstal
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  • Locations of military significance in Hertfordshire in the Great War
    Locations of military significance in Hertfordshire in the Great War
    Concentrations of troops, internees or prisoners of war had a marked impact on the delivery of policing to communities in the various localities across Hertfordshire.
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  • Two young officers exceedingly drunk
    Two young officers exceedingly drunk
    Two young officers, one RAF and one army, were charged with being drunk and disorderly: they were too drunk to be disciplined so the case was adjourned to enable military authorities to deal with them
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  • Her delusions led to the murdering of her husband
    Her delusions led to the murdering of her husband
    Eliza Ellingham (58) was remanded on a charge of murdering her husband in 1918 but was deemed unfit to make a plea
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  • Police officers improperly accept army stores
    Police officers improperly accept army stores
    Two Police Officers knowingly receive food, illegally, from army stores. They plead guilty, suffer the disgrace, are dismissed from the Force, are fined, and resolve to join the army.
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  • The pattern of theft didn't change over the years
    The pattern of theft didn't change over the years
    Alfred Northway broke into property many times, did penal servitude, joined the army on his release, but the pattern continued. He was sentenced to penal servitude yet again, the army saying that they did not want him back.
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  • St Albans Police Station, 1963-1964
    St Albans Police Station, 1963-1964
    Former St. Albans City Chief Constable's house, Bricket Road, was used a police station during 1963 and 1964.
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  • The plane was more fragile than the pilot !
    The plane was more fragile than the pilot !
    Lieutenant Duncan nose-dived his plane, but lived to tell the tale!
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  • Without a leg to stand on
    Without a leg to stand on
    William Ray (40) , a tailor with an artificial leg , pleaded guilty to a charge of being found by night at St. Albans, in his possession certain implements of house-breaking.
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  • Herts Police Old Comrades
    Herts Police Old Comrades
    Herts Police Old Comrades Reunion Dinner In London
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  • Nursing on the Home Front
    Nursing on the Home Front
    Many women trained in nursing so they could support the war effort at home
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  • Uttering counterfeit coin at St Albans - painful experience
    Uttering counterfeit coin at St Albans - painful experience
    William Jones, 23, gas fitter, was charged with unlawfully and knowingly uttering counterfeit coin.
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  • Proper pickle - theft from Hatfield show
    Proper pickle - theft from Hatfield show
    Charles Gilbert, of 8, Berner's Street, London, a groom, was charged on remand with stealing a jar of pickles.
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  • Byrne, Simon
    Byrne, Simon
    Another bare knuckle fight that ended tragically.
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  • Hart, William
    Hart, William
    Manslaughter conviction after crash involving 2 mail coaches racing each other near St Albans.
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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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  • Grave charge against a soldier
    Grave charge against a soldier
    Lance-corporal charged with an act of gross indecency with a young man.
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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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  • 1963 crimes in New Towns
    1963 crimes in New Towns
    "New Towns are tending to become a hotbed for Criminal Activities" Statement by Chair of Herts Quarter Sessions causes uproar amongst the new Towns.
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  • Corn stealing case - licensed victualler convicted of receiving
    Corn stealing case - licensed victualler convicted of receiving
    George Robert Martin, landlord of the Great Northern tavern, Cowbridge, was charged with receiving corn, knowing it to have been stolen.
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  • Letchworth Police Station
    Letchworth Police Station
    At the quarterly meeting of Hertfordshire County Council at St. Albans on Monday, it was reported that the new Police Station at Letchworth was nearing completion.
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  • Improvements to Hatfield Police Station
    Improvements to Hatfield Police Station
    Hatfield Police Station improved 1916
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  • Salary of the Chief Constable
    Salary of the Chief Constable
    At the quarterly meeting of Hertfordshire County Council, to reconsider the resolution passed by them as to the salary to be paid to the Chief Constable during his absence on leave.
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  • Deaths of Police Pensioners
    Deaths of Police Pensioners
    At the quarterly meeting of Hertfordshire County Council held at St. Albans on Monday, it was reported that ex-PCs George Bonfield, George Clarke, George Day, and George Edward Williamson, all police pensioners, had died recently.
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