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  • It's all about 4-letter words
    It's all about 4-letter words
    A lot of officers with four-letter names are dying from influenza
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  • Cyclist who was towed
    Cyclist who was towed
    Dangerous cycling practice on April Fool's Day.
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  • If placing a bet, or begging, put your shirt on it
    If placing a bet, or begging, put your shirt on it
    John Coote was convicted of begging, despite having hidden two good shirts to wear. He was imprisoned, with hard labour.
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  • A sad case of suicide
    A sad case of suicide
    Mary Waters could not be saved from drowning in the River Lea after her deliberate attempt at suicide.
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  • Did driving too fast cause the death of a soldier?
    Did driving too fast cause the death of a soldier?
    Was Gunner Adams driving his motor-cycle too fast into a bend on the road?
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  • Light the way through the forest with a stolen lamp !
    Light the way through the forest with a stolen lamp !
    Mrs Sarah Rose Springham, of High Wych, was charged with breaking into the dwelling house of Mr A.R. Steele, Northbrooks, Great Parndon, and stealing a brass hanging lamp.
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  • An explosive situation !
    An explosive situation !
    Both Jeanette Alexander (19) and Charles Heard (17) were fined for taking matches into the gunpowder factory.
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  • A riotous affair !
    A riotous affair !
    Three police stations get together to produce a saucy and entertaining evening's programme. The 'ladies' dressed well!
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  • At the gunpowder factory, this was an 'explosive' situation !
    At the gunpowder factory, this was an 'explosive' situation !
    John Mason was caught with a box of matches in his possession whilst in the gunpowder factory, and was fined.
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  • Warehouseman fined
    Warehouseman fined
    Warehouseman drunk and disorderly in Waltham Abbey Police Court.
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  • Government employee drunk
    Government employee drunk
    William Barnard, of Waltham Abbey, was summoned for being drunk in charge of a pony and trap
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  • Bertie the baker
    Bertie the baker
    Bertie Smith charged with embezzling small sums of money from his employer.
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  • Alleged theft of government provisions
    Alleged theft of government provisions
    Arthur Dye, Lance-Corpl. Henry Driver, and Charles Philpott charged with being concerned in stealing the property of the Secretary of State for War.
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  • A charge of stealing and receiving
    A charge of stealing and receiving
    Arthur Dye and Charles Philpott were charged with being concerned together with stealing and receiving a quantity of provisions belonging to the Secretary of State for War
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  • Alleged false pretences
    Alleged false pretences
    Patrick Carden (18), of Enfield Lock, was charged with obtaining by false pretences the sum of 5s. 6d.
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  • Drunk in charge of a donkey
    Drunk in charge of a donkey
    Waltham Abbey resident fined 5 shillings for being drunk in charge of a donkey and costermonger's barrow.
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  • Very fishy !
    Very fishy !
    Henry Hart, a labourer of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing six pieces of fried fish.
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  • Special Constables called out again
    Special Constables called out again
    On Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock most of the special constables at Cheshunt and Waltham Abbey were called to their respective stations in consequence of the reported movements of hostile aircraft on the east coast.
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  • Milk deficient in fat
    Milk deficient in fat
    Ellen Whitman, of Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, was summoned for selling a glass of milk which was deficient in fat to the extent of 46 per cent.
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  • A motor-car case
    A motor-car case
    George Tuck, of Rosemead, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, was summoned for keeping a motor-car without a licence.
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  • Special Constables called out after dropping of hostile bombs
    Special Constables called out after dropping of hostile bombs
    Great consternation was created near Cheshunt Police Station on Sunday afternoon when the discharging of four bombs summoned the members of the special constabulary to the station.
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  • A birching offence
    A birching offence
    Boys from Waltham Abbey charged with damaging insulators on telegraph poles at Stanstead Abbotts.
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