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Supt Handley

  • Mischievous children
    Mischievous children
    John Barnby (13) and Harold Warner (11), of Stepney, Owen Marshall (10), of Enfield, and Gregory Gascoyne (9), of Hoddesdon, were charged with damaging a door at Hoddesdon.
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  • Damaging growing crops
    Damaging growing crops
    George Barker (12) , of the Crooked Billet, Ware, was charged with damaging growing wheat.
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  • Theft of a scythe
    Theft of a scythe
    Walter Fitzjohn was arrested for stealing a scythe, a rubstone, and a bag, with the intention of selling them.
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  • Bank Holiday bender
    Bank Holiday bender
    Labourer from Hoddesdon charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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  • Boy's theft from a nursery
    Boy's theft from a nursery
    Charles Ward, of 4 Grays Cottages, Hertford Heath, pleaded guilty to stealing four cucumbers.
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  • 'Death' and the poachers
    'Death' and the poachers
    Two men were charged with poaching. A third man got away and the gamekeeper was threatened with the gun.
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  • Absolutely filthy !
    Absolutely filthy !
    One day's imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly
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  • Deserting from the ranks
    Deserting from the ranks
    At Ware Police Court, John Benn was charged on his own confession with being a deserter from His Majesty’s forces. Superintendent Handley stated that the defendant came to the police station that morning saying that he wished to give himself up for being a deserter.  He had joined the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 7th of ...
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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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  • Drunkenness in Hoddesdon
    Drunkenness in Hoddesdon
    Two cases of persons being drunk and disorderly in Hoddesdon, one having 57 previous convictions.
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  • What's in a name ?
    What's in a name ?
    James Capel, of Havelock Cottages, Railway Street, Hertford, was summoned for assaulting James Kelf.
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  • Drunk and incapable
    Drunk and incapable
    Drunken woman from Tonwell, carrying whisky in a mineral water bottle, could not stand up.
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  • Theft of oats at Ware
    Theft of oats at Ware
    Silas R. Smith (31), a dealer, of Clements Road, Star Street, Ware, was charged with stealing 8 bushels of oats and two sacks.
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  • The Standon affray
    The Standon affray
    The three Miles brothers, wanted by the police, were holed up in a hut in Wellpond Green. The police went in force, and a huge fight ensued
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  • Alleged burglary at St Margaretsbury
    Alleged burglary at St Margaretsbury
    Joseph William Blackwell (28), was charged with burglary at the residence of Mr Septimus Croft, St Margaretsbury.
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  • Sacrilege and burglary at St Margaret's
    Sacrilege and burglary at St Margaret's
    Joseph Walter Blackwell, of 63 Arlington Street, Camden Town, was charged with breaking and entering St Margaret's Church, and stealing a missionary box and its contents, also a hand brush and towel.
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  • "I'm singing in the rain"
    "I'm singing in the rain"
    A man named Prior was charged with being drunk and using bad language.
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  • Theft of a cycle lamp
    Theft of a cycle lamp
    Thomas Hills (15) and George Barker (12), both Ware boys, were summoned for stealing a cycle lamp.
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  • Asleep at the reins
    Asleep at the reins
    Henry Walker, of Little Hadham, was summoned for riding asleep.
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  • Theft of a bicycle
    Theft of a bicycle
    Edward Charles Carslake (42), of East Finchley, a painter, was charged with stealing a bicycle.
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  • Game trespass
    Game trespass
    Henry Wallace and James Capell, both maltsters, of Ware, were summoned at Ware Petty Sessions for game trespass.
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  • No Carriage Licence
    No Carriage Licence
    George Vincent, of Wormley West End, butcher, was summoned for keeping a carriage without a licence.
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  • Theft of lead from Haileybury College
    Theft of lead from Haileybury College
    William Cheek (36), a plumber, was charged with stealing 96 lbs of old lead from Haileybury College.
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