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  • More boys in trouble
    More boys in trouble
    Edward Albert Rogers (13), Charles E. Rogers (11), of Little Horse Lane, William George Irons (9), Herbert Franklin (10), and Thomas Nunn (8), Crib Street, were charged with cruelly ill-treating cows.
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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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  • Bank Holiday bender
    Bank Holiday bender
    Labourer from Hoddesdon charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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  • Restriction on drinking
    Restriction on drinking
    At Ware Petty Sessions a long letter was submitted by the Clerk from Deputy Chief Constable Wood relative to the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and enclosing a new order retricting the sale of intoxicants to the military.
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  • No lights
    No lights
    James Brown, hay carter, of Little Hadham, was summoned for having no lights on his cart.
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  • The Special Constabulary
    The Special Constabulary
    Men over military age are required to be enrolled as Sspecial Constables in Ware.
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  • A drunken lorry driver
    A drunken lorry driver
    Drunk in charge of a lorry in 1915.
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  • Overloaded Horses
    Overloaded Horses
    Charles Knightley, of 19 Park Lane, Waltham Cross, was summoned for cruelty to two horses by overloading, and Percy George Box, of 1 Park Lane, Waltham Cross, was summoned for causing the cruelty.
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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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  • Theft by children
    Theft by children
    Florence Page (16) and Lily Page (10), of the Towing Path, Ware, were summoned for stealing growing vegetables.
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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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  • '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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  • Children and farm labour
    Children and farm labour
    Children and farm labour - 2 newspaper excerpts on the subject
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  • Bakers as Special Constables
    Bakers as Special Constables
    Several of the master bakers of Ware were sworn in as special constables,
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  • Cyclists and the Defence of the Realm Act
    Cyclists and the Defence of the Realm Act
    Various people were summoned under the Defence of the Realm Regulations for riding bicycles without showing red rear lights.
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  • Shouting in the Street
    Shouting in the Street
    Silas R. Smith, of Star Street, Ware, was summoned for shouting in the street at Bengeo.
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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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  • A naval deserter
    A naval deserter
    At Ware Petty Sessions on Tuesday James O'Reilly, aged 22, was charged with being a deserter from the Navy.
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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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