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  • Daring theft in Watford
    Daring theft in Watford
    The Railway Tavern in Watford, kept by Mr H Robertson, was the scene of a daring theft.
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  • Wright, Harry, Superintendent.
    Wright, Harry, Superintendent.
    ‘A former Police Superintendent at Bishop’s Stortford, Mr Harry Wright, of ‘Oxhey’, Grange Road, died at Bishop’s Stortford Hospital yesterday (Thursday) aged 64.’ That was the first line as reported by the Hertfordshire Mercury in January 1947. So who was Harry Wright ? Harry Wright was born 21 February 1882 in Tiptree, Essex. In 1898, at the ...
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  • Cycle of offending - theft of bicycle at Rickmansworth and elsewhere
    Cycle of offending - theft of bicycle at Rickmansworth and elsewhere
    John Shepherd, painter, pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle.
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  • Daring burglary confounds police
    Daring burglary confounds police
    A daring burglary was carried out at Buncefield Poultry Farm.
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  • Notable convictions from the Criminal Justice Act in St Albans and Hertford
    Notable convictions from the Criminal Justice Act in St Albans and Hertford
    Much robbery of valuable goods from the railway company: additional robbery from the shoe shop!
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  • Apple thieving
    Apple thieving
    In 1908, 'scrumping' of apples was a serious offence. Fines were levied and, if not paid on time, hard labour could be the result.
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  • Attempted suicide
    Attempted suicide
    A soldier shoots himself on leave and is charged with attempted suicide
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