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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
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
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

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