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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
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
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
Stolen Scarfs
PC Smith made enquiries in Hockerill in company with PC 20 concerning the theft of scarfs from the Linendraper shop of a Mrs Beard in South Street Bishops Stortford.
22 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 Suspected - Continued
Continued from previous page: The following are the injured parties – William Warwick and George Warwick aged 15 and 16 labourers of Farnham. The description of some stolen clothing is then given, also a purse containing two sixpences and some coppers and finally four fowls of common breed and mixed colours are said to also ...
11 Dec 1881
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
Robbery Suspected
PC Smith was tasked with making enquiries in [Walkers] Lane Farnham Essex concerning a robbery which occurred on the High Road between Farnham and Bishops Stortford. He conferred with his own colleagues, PC’s 20, 54 and 108 and Essex PC 101.
11 Dec 1881
Jacket Thief At The Quarter Sessions
On the 20th February 1882 PC Smith travelled to Chelmsford to appear at the Quarter Sessions to be held in the Shire Hall the following day. At Court he gave evidence against John Bush who was charged with stealing a females jacket on the night of the 16th February 1882 from the house of Caroline ...
20 Feb 1882
Theft Of Beef
PC Smith was on duty in Hockerill where he conferred with PC 20 and DCC Ryder and received information concerning a piece o beef weighing 1 lb 3oz value 1 shilling being stolen.
10 Mar 1882
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
Family Deserted
PC Smith was tasked with a special duty to make enquiries in Takeley, in company with PS Taylor of Essex Police, to trace a George Fuller of Bishops Stortford for deserting his wife and children – without success.
31 Aug 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
Special Duty Rye House
PC Smith was tasked with performing unspecified Special Duty at the Rye House, travelling there by train. From numerous advertisements for cheap train fares published in newspapers on the 5th June 1881, throughout London and the southeast, it would appear that the house and gardens were opened to the public requiring a Police presence Ed.
06 Jun 1881

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