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Giving Evidence At Court
PC Smith records that he conferred with Deputy Chief Constable Ryder and then attended Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions where he gave evidence against [unreadable] who was charged with assaulting PC 117 [unreadable] and was sentenced to [unreadable] with hard labour.
19 May 1881
At The Petty Sessions With The Drunk
PC Smith attended the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange and before Magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen he gave evidence in the case of George Clark of Witham who was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Church Street Bishops Stortford the night before. He was sentenced to 14 days in prison.
13 Mar 1882
Indecency Towards Children
At 6.30 pm on the 1st April 1882 PC Smith was informed by Deputy Chief Constable Ryder that at 5.30 pm a man had been exposing his person to young children in Green Lane Bishops Stortford. At 7.30 pm the same day he also learnt from Sergeant Bacon of Essex Police that a man of ...
01 Apr 1882
Drunken Fighting
At 3.30 pm PC Smith was on duty in South Street Bishops Stortford when his attention was called to a drunk man.
08 Apr 1882
Drunken Fighting - Continued
PC Smith was on duty in South Street when his attention was drawn to a report of a drunk man acting with riotous behaviour wanting to fight with Robert Cowell, Coal and Corn Merchant, of Bishops Stortford. On PC Smith’s arrival he found William Handscombe, a bricklayer of Bishops Stortford, drunk and standing in the ...
08 April 1882
Service Of Summonses
PC Smith served Summons for non-payment of Rates on the following Arthur Westley, William Hitch, William Phipp and Elizabeth Phipp all of Bishops Stortford. Also on the following day on Joseph Bull, John Marshall and William Thompson all also of Bishops Stortford.
20 May 1882
Attended Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions And Received Pay
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford and was later paid his salary of £4 8s 5d.
01 Sep 1881
Two Vagrants Charged And Gaoled
PC Smith detained two vagrants and they appeared before The Reverend F. Vander-Meulen at the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions held at the Corn Exchange where they were both sentenced to 14 days in Cambridge gaol.
07 Oct 1881
Shop Robbery
PC Smith received information of a robbery at the Drapers shop of Joseph Crisp in Bishops Stortford. He then immediately went to the home of John Bush [Planters] Wood Bishops Stortford whose children were suspected of committing the offence. On searching the house in the mothers bedroom he located a number of suspected stolen articles ...
08 Feb 1882
Jacket Thief At The Petty Sessions
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions held in the Bishops Stortford Corn Exchange and before Magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen he gave evidence in the case of John Bush age 20 years of Bishops Stortford. He was charged with stealing a female jacket during the night of 16th February 1882 from the house of Caroline Hudgell ...
20 Feb 1882
Robbery - Offenders At The Petty Sessions
PC Smith attends the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions at the Corn Exchange before Magistrate Reverend F Vander-Meulen with two defendants Michael Almond and John Sygrove who were charged with committing a robbery upon William and George Warwick of Farnham Essex. They were ordered to stand trial at the Hertford Assizes.
15 Dec 1881
Another Drunk Before The Petty Sessions
PC Smith appeared before Reverend F Vander-Meulen Magistrate in the case of Mary Harvey aged 65 of Sawbridgeworth who was charged with being drunk and incapable in North Street on Thursday 8th and was Discharged,
10 Jun 1882
Service Of Notices Re Liquor Licensing
PC Smith over a period of days served notices on the licensees of public houses regarding the renewal of their licences on the 31st August 1882 at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford – On 9th August – Ellen Carter Green Man PH Thorley On 10th August – W, Cowell (William Cowell Railway Inn Station Road Bishops Stortford ...
09 Aug 1882
Assault On Police
PC Smith was on duty in High Street Bishops Stortford on the 24th August 1882 at 11.30 pm when he arrested James William Gurford a chimney sweep and chair repairer for being drunk and disorderly and in doing so he was assaulted in the execution of his duty. On 26th August PC Smith attended before the ...
24 Aug 1882
Trial Of Man Who Deserted Family - Continued
PC Smith attended before the Reverend F Vander-Meulen Magistrate with George Fuller of Bishops Stortford charged with deserting his wife and children. He was committed to Cambridge Prison for 14 days hard labour.
02 Sep 1882
Arrest For Stealing
It appears that PC Smith arrested a man who was charged with stealing in Hadham Road Bishops Stortford although much of the entry has not survived Ed.
12 May 1881
A List Of Convicted Or Suspected Offenders
This list was probably compiled during the period the journal was in use and it contains the name, address, occupation, age and a brief description of individuals who were either convicted or suspected of offences Ed.
01 Apr 1881
Distributing Bills Of Weights And Measures
PC Smith was tasked with distributing Bills of Weights And Measures around Bishops Stortford. (At this time there were no such thing as Trading Standard Officers and one of the responsibilities of the Police was to check traders who used measuring devices such as scales to make sure they were accurate Ed).
18 Jan 1882
Weights And Measures
PC Smith, with colleagues, was involved in Weights and Measures testing in Bishops Stortford over the next few days. (There were no Trading Standards Officers at this time and the responsibility for the checking for accuracy of the local traders scales etc lay with the Police Ed).
07 Jul 1882
Attended Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith attended the Petty Sessions at the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford.
23 Jun 1881
Fire At The Maltings Bishops Stortford
PC Smith attended the scene of a fire at Messr’s Miller’s Maltings in South Street Bishops Stortford. (This was a substantial fire which caused a lot of damage and was reported in the Herts and Essex Observer on the 20th May. It was apparently caused by the overheating of the Malt but was subsequently extinguished by ...
18 May 1882
Theft Of Faggoting Bill
PC Smith was tasked with making enquiries in Bishops Stortford about a Faggoting Bill (marked with makers name “C Perry”) stolen on the 26th November 1881 from the premises of J L Glasscock’s (John Laybank Glasscock a local builder whose brickworks was near Collins Cross on Stansted Road Ed.), and by owned by a William ...
28 Nov 1881

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