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  • Children's court - three find mice
    Children's court - three find mice
    Three Ware boys were summoned for trespassing.
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  • Obstruction by traders
    Obstruction by traders
    Pathway blocked by traders
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  • Milton's paradise lost - girl's serious lapse
    Milton's paradise lost - girl's serious lapse
    Dorothy Milton , 17, factory hand , 37 Kibes Lane , Ware , was charged with stealing clothes, etc.
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  • Noisy steam lorry
    Noisy steam lorry
    William George Tant, from Bow, was summoned for using a steam lorry which made an excessive noise
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  • Dustbin stolen at Ware
    Dustbin stolen at Ware
    Thomas William Wilds was charged with stealing a dustbin.
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  • Ginn, Alice
    Ginn, Alice
    Drunken assault on his wife leads to her death.
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  • A sad death, indeed
    A sad death, indeed
    Henry Knight committed suicide: he was depressed because his wife had been taken away to the asylum. He left a note for his son.
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  • Who's got a sweet tooth, then ?
    Who's got a sweet tooth, then ?
    Did Mr Stamp hoard his syrup, or not? His Counsel argued, at appeal, that this was not so and, on reflection, the jury agreed. The appeal against the initial fine was allowed.
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  • Casual's vicious assault
    Casual's vicious assault
    Assault at the Ware Poor Law Institution.
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  • Vauxhall Viva - Snow Didn't Stop Normal Policing
    Vauxhall Viva - Snow Didn't Stop Normal Policing
    Panda cars in snow near Ware, November 1969.
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  • Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Maliciously wounding by firing at point blank range
    Bert Sharp, when caught poaching in the woods with a gun, fired and wounded the gamekeeper.
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  • Police court - boy sent to reformatory
    Police court - boy sent to reformatory
    Two Ware schoolboys charged with stealing a watch and chain.
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  • On the buses - bus driver summoned
    On the buses - bus driver summoned
    Percival Hampstead was summoned for delaying his bus and using insulting words to a police officer.
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  • Pascoe, Mick, 788, Police Constable.
    Pascoe, Mick, 788, Police Constable.
    Today you can not image a policeman growing a beard making the headline in the local newspaper, but on 19th September 1969 P.c. Mick Pascoe of Ware did just that in the Hertfordshire Mercury with his mutton chops and moustache. Mick grew them whilst on holiday and, on his return to duty, was instructed to ...
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  • Captain Wymer's Promotion
    Captain Wymer's Promotion
    On 9th May 1895, Ware's Superintendent Wymer was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable and replaced by Superintendent William Wood. As a mark of their appreciation for his kindness and support, Wymer's officers gathered at the police station to wish him a fond farewell.
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  • Saunders, Lewis, 174, Police Constable.
    Saunders, Lewis, 174, Police Constable.
    The funeral took place on January 30th. A guard of honour was formed by former colleagues.
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  • Three burglaries in Hoddesdon in quick succession
    Three burglaries in Hoddesdon in quick succession
    Private Humberstone committed a series of burglaries, but insisted that the goods all belonged to his mother who was disposing of her shop and that he was thus helping her out, but Inspector Moles knew otherwise!
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  • For young boys, does gambling really pay ?
    For young boys, does gambling really pay ?
    All seven boys, found under the railway bridge, were found guilty of gambling, and were fined accordingly.
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  • William Coper died of exposure
    William Coper died of exposure
    An elderly man was found dead from exposure after trying to reach his son.
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  • Herts Police Moves
    Herts Police Moves
    Recent police moves
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  • Drunkenness - Ware
    Drunkenness - Ware
    Two men charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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  • Stealing money from a neighbour doesn't pay
    Stealing money from a neighbour doesn't pay
    Frederick Phillips, 16, was charged with stealing money from a neighbour. He was found guilty and was fined, but was severely reprimanded for making additional threats on the way out of Court.
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  • Black eyes and hair wrenched out constituted an assault
    Black eyes and hair wrenched out constituted an assault
    Ware labourer and discharged soldier pleaded not guilty to assaulting woman.
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  • Habitual stealing by a boy of 10 does not induce sympathy
    Habitual stealing by a boy of 10 does not induce sympathy
    Thomas Clark, aged 10, with others, stole some golf balls. He also stole money from a shop till. All this while still on probation. He was sentenced to a beating and then reformatory.
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