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  • Royalty Visits Watford

    Royalty Visits Watford

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  • Well-known Police Sergeant dies

    Well-known Police Sergeant dies

    Death of well-known Sergeant
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  • Baldock Sergeant, William Baker, retires - and other transfers.

    Baldock Sergeant, William Baker, retires - and other transfers.

    Retirements and transfers of several officers.
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  • Kindness indeed

    Kindness indeed

    Gordon thanked the magistrates for his three months sentence
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  • Hertfordshire Police Minstrel Troupe

    Hertfordshire Police Minstrel Troupe

    Concert given on February 3rd 1922
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  • Mounted Section

    Mounted Section

    The story of the Mounted from its reinstatement after the First World War to its disbanding in 1928
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  • A well deserved award

    A well deserved award

    All officers are awarded a pay rise, plus the honorarium for the Acting Chief Constable
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  • A Watford policeman, a Guards reservist, is killed in action

    A Watford policeman, a Guards reservist, is killed in action

    Sgt Kendall, a Watford Police reservist for the Grenadier Guards, was killed in action in Belgium
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  • An army deserter, a gypsy, being buried alive, stealing, and running away !

    An army deserter, a gypsy, being buried alive, stealing, and running away !

    Pte William Sale, along with another, stole a horse and trap, together with rugs, harness and boots.
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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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  • Theft of straw at Rickmansworth

    Theft of straw at Rickmansworth

    Ezekiel Franklin (30), dealer, was indicted for stealing a quantity of straw, at Rickmansworth, on October 25; also with receiving two sacks of stolen oats, at Bushey, on October 2.
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  • Insufficient evidence

    Insufficient evidence

    A violent drunken man or a fallen drunken woman?
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  • Police Retirement - Inspector G.D. Digby

    Police Retirement - Inspector G.D. Digby

    Retirement after 25 years service.
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  • The canon's motor car...and a scarf

    The canon's motor car...and a scarf

    Man charged with stealing motor car - and a scarf!
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  • Stealing to pay a debt doesn't mitigate the offence

    Stealing to pay a debt doesn't mitigate the offence

    Charlotte Croker forged her landlady's signature, stole money from the latter's post office account, but was caught. She was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment.
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  • Cooking the books !

    Cooking the books !

    James Heatson was charged with falsifying the books to the sum of about £2000. The case was adjourned, and the defendant was remanded in custody, to appear at Quarter Sessions.
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  • A second husband whilst the first is serving abroad !

    A second husband whilst the first is serving abroad !

    Silvia Annie Crampton was charged with bigamy.
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  • Plain-clothes constable assaulted

    Plain-clothes constable assaulted

    Husband and wife, sleeping in a lorry, charged with assaulting a constable.
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  • Drunk in charge at the time of the crash

    Drunk in charge at the time of the crash

    The horse cart and the taxi collided violently, and the horse was killed. The Police Court ruled that, if the defendant was sent to the front, he would hear nothing further.
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  • Lady Russell would not comply with the Order, to her cost !

    Lady Russell would not comply with the Order, to her cost !

    Lady Russell vowed not to plough up her field, contrary to the Order made but, contrary to evidence given by prominent defence witnesses, the Bench imposed the maximum sentence for the offence.
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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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  • They would never go hungry with this lot !

    They would never go hungry with this lot !

    William E. Allen was summoned for extensive food hoarding, and the excuse that his boys should have biscuits on their return to Eton did not influence the Bench. Very substantial fines followed.
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  • Constable 46F John Knight

    Constable 46F John Knight

    Constable John Knight joined Hertfordshire Constabulary on the 27th day of November 1889 and served until the 26th March 1919. The picture in which he is seated was taken on or about his retirement. In 1911, Constable Knight was one of 13 officers in the Constabulary to receive the King’s Coronation Medal. He can be seen standing second ...
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  • Summer assizes 1910 - Tipple

    Summer assizes 1910 - Tipple

    Violent assault leads to businessman's fall from grace.
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