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Service Of A Summons
PC Smith was tasked with serving a Summons in Essex.
09 May 1881
Theft Of Waistcoat
PC Smith was tasked with making enquiries in Takeley, Essex concerning a waistcoat stolen in Bishops Stortford.
10 May 1881
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
Duty At Harpenden Races
PC Smith was delegated to attend the Harpenden (Horse) Races for public order duties, and travelled from Bishops Stortford by train on the day before and then returned by train after the Races had finished.
26 May 1881
Attended Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith attended the court at 2 pm.
02 Jun 1881
Prisoner Escort To Cambridge Gaol
Most of this entry is sadly unreadable but having been to the Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions earlier on this afternoon PC Smith was tasked with escorting prisoners to Cambridge Gaol. Two names are legible – William Hutchin and John England – but other than an offence occurred in High Wych and the prisoners were sentenced ...
02 Jun 1881
Duty At Harpenden Races Once More
PC Smith was again tasked with overnight duty in connection with the Harpenden Races travelling by train via London.
07 Jun 1881
Enquiries Regarding A Theft
PC Smith liaised with PS Bacon of Essex Police at Stansted regarding a theft committed by a Charles Gilbey of Birchhanger from a William White of Birchhanger.
15 Jun 1881
Inspection Parade
PC Smith was instructed to attend Buntingford Police Station for an Inspection Parade.
06 Jul 1881
Prisoner Escort To Cambridge Gaol
PC Smith was instructed to convey a prisoner to Cambridge Gaol possibly by the name of Claude Smith.
18 Jul 1881
Attend Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith again attended the Petty Sessions.
21 Jul 1881
Duty At [Forresters Fair] Bishops Stortford
PC Smith was on duty at the [Forresters Fair] which was held at Bishops Stortford.
01 Aug 1881
On Duty At Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith was on duty at the Petty Sessions held at Bishops Stortford.
25 Aug 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
Prisoner Escort To St Albans
PC Smith was tasked with escorting a prison, Henry Gillet of Little Hadham, to St Albans Gaol.
15 Mar 1882
On Duty At Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith was ordered to perform duty at the Petty Sessions held at the Bishops Stortford Corn Exchange. Later that day he was paid £4 15s 0d.
16 Mar 1882
Theft From Hockerill
PC Smith took a report of the theft from a field of 2 cast iron wheels and a plough harness the property of William Waylett of Hockerill. He later made enquiries to trace the property.
27 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
On Duty At Bishops Stortford Petty Sessions
PC Smith was instructed to carry out duty at the Petty Sessions held in the Corn Exchange Bishops Stortford.
13 Apr 1882
Cruelty To A Horse
PC Smith was sent to the Bull, North End, Sawbridgeworth in company with [unreadable] Rogers of the Royal Humane Society with regard to a horse owned by a William Simmons of Bishops Stortford which being worked in carting faggots from Hatfield Heath Essex to the railway station in Sawbridgeworth in an unfit state, the owner ...
17 Apr 1882
Stolen Wood
PC Smith was sent to make enquiries in Bishops Stortford and Hockcliffe regarding 6 pieces of Elm supposedly stolen between 8 pm 18th April 1882 and 6 am 19th April 1882 from [unreadable} Meadows the property of W Paynes of Bridge Street, Bishops Stortford, but without success.
19 Apr 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

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