Cook £50, House-parlourmaid £36 to £38; also for Cambridge, Cook-General and House-pariourmaid [sic]: two in family. Write Miss Brown, 136 Tenison Road, Cambridge.
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7th January 1927 - Illness of Mr J.A. Brown
Illness of Mr J.A. Brown
Sympathy and regret is expressed on all sides at the serious illness of Mr John Brown, of Puckeridge, who for nearly 40 years has been the Buntingford and district correspondent of "The Hertfordshire Mercury," "The Royston Crow" and "The Herts and Essex Observer."
Mr Brown, who is over 80 years of age, has been confined to his bed since December 20th, and his many friends in Buntingford and district will wish him a speedy recovery to his normal health.
2nd July 1926 - Buntingford Petty Sessions
Buntingford Petty Sessions
Friday last, before Col. C.H.B. Heaton-Ellis (in the chair), The Hon. Baron C.R. Dimsdale, Captain H.H. Williams, and D. Crossman, C. Fraser and H.C. Marshall Esqs.
An Assault Case
Thomas Charles, of Harestreet, was summoned for assaulting Jonah Brown, of Sandon Road, Buntingford.
In his evidence the paintiff stated that the defendant jeered at him when he passed on 17th May. On June 3rd he stopped him in the High Street, and said he would hit plaintiff with a stick. Witness went up the Harestreet Road, where defendant struck him on the arm and shoulder.
Herbert Barron, of Harestreet, and George Jackson, of Buntingford, gave evidence on behalf of the defendant. Mr G.H. Maughan represented the plaintiff.
After hearing all the evidence the Chairman said it appeared that there was a long standing feud between the two. There was no doubt that the defendant did assault the plaintiff, as was shown by the medical certificate.
Defendant would be bound over for six months in the sum of £10.
Buntingford Farm Labourer Committed to Trial for Thefts
Cecil Henry Wood (26), a farm labourer, of Baldock Lane, Buntingford, was brought up in the custody of two warders from Brixton and charged with three separate offences, which, except for an hour's interval, occupied the Court till 2.45 p.m.
He was first charged with breaking into and stealing from Messrs. Forrest Stores, Ltd., Buntingford, property of the value of £1 13s. 4d. on the night of 17th and 18th June last.
Thomas Chamberlain Bayman, manager of the branch shop of Forrest Stores, Ltd., High Street, Buntingford, said on June 18th at 7.30 a.m. he went to the lock-up shop straight through to get a sack barrow. He found one of the four panes of the window of the door at the back broken and the bolts drawn back.
He was the last to leave the previous night when the door was securely fastened. Witness to the barrow to his home and then went to the police station and returned to the shop with P.S. Dean. He showed P.S. Dean the till, which the previous night contained 25s., and it was absolutely empty. All the drawers behind the counter were open. The cake case had been opened, some chocolate squares taken and a small caramel bitten and replaced on the case.
He was subsequently shown the same morning at 10.30 a bottle of sherry partly empty, four packets of cigarettes and 1 and three quarter packets of chocolate, of the total value of 7/9, all of which were produced and identified as having been in stock at the stores.
P.S. Dean, stationed at Buntingford, said he received a report from thr last witness and went with him to the shop. He found an entrance had been effected by breaking the glass and drawing the bowls of the door at the rear of the shop.
He took possession of the caramel produced, and found on it two distinct teeth marks. He searched the premises and at the rear the ground was wet, and he saw distinct foot-marks of hob nailed boots with toe and heel tips.
In company with P.C. Williams he traced these foot-marks along the footpath leading from High Street to Baldock Lane. Near Back Lane he saw the prisoner pass, and noticing his pockets were bulky called on him to stop. As he went towards him he noticed the footprints made by the prisoner corresponded exactly with those he had seen at the rear of Forrest Stores.
When asked what he had in his pockets he said "nothing". Witness searched him and found in the lining of his coat the gun produced and three cartridges. He said he had no gun licence. Witness told him his footprints corresponded with those found at the rear of Forrest Stores and that he suspected him of breaking into the stores, and he replied "I should not do a thing like that."
He gave his correct name and address, and refused to have his house searched, so witness took him into custody. On the way to the Police Station he threw the gun down and bolted. Witness ran and caught him, and he said "I'm not coming with you; I was out of work and hungry, and that is what made me steal."
At the station witness asked him to bite the caramel produced, which he did, and the marks corresponded exactly with those on the one found in the shop. He then said "I did break into Forrest Stores and steal some money and things, and you will find them on a table at my house."
In company with P.C. Voller and P.C. Williams, witness went to the prisoner's house and found on the kitchen table 25/5 in money, 1 and three quarter bars of chocolate, four packets of cigarettes and a bottle of sherry (three-parts full), all of which were prdouced. These were shown to him, and he said "That is all I took."
When charged the prisoner made no reply, and told the Bench he did not wish to say anything.
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The second charge was that of breaking and entering the premises of Mr A.S. Grigg, of Cockhampstead Farm, Braughing, and stealing property of the value of £1 11s. 2d. on the night of the 27th and 28th March last.
Theodore Austin Grigg, farmer, assisting his father at Cockhampstead Farm, said on March 27th he went out in the evening and came in just before 11 o'clock, and went to bed at 11.30 p.m.
The next morning he came down at 7 a.m. he discovered that his father's desk in the dining room had been broken open. He went into the kitchen to see if the door had been forced,but it was all right. The bottom half of the window was wide open, by which someone had entered. He went upstairs and told his father.
Albery Scantlebury Grigg, of Cockhampstead Farm, said in consequence of what his son said on the morning of March 28th he examined his desk in the dining room which he kept locked. The lock had been broken off after an attempt to cut it out, but the mahogany was too hard.
He found all the silver and copper missing - a little over 30s. His wallet, containing £8 in treasury notes, was not taken, but all the papers were dis-arranged. From the kitchen dresser one-and-a-half pounds of cheese and some stewed figs had been taken, and the place was dis-arranged. There were two guns kept in the corner of the kitchen. The double-barrelled one had been loaded with cartridges taken from the top of the mantlepiece, and with both barrels cocked placed by the door. He informed the police immediately.
P.C. G.A. Voller, of Bishops Stortford, said on March 18th [transciber note - it definitely looks like 18th but should be 28th] a report was received that Cockhampstead Farm had been broken into during the night and £1 10s. in money stolen from a desk in the dining room and a quantity of cheese from the larder, to the value of 1s. 2s.
In company with other officers the premises was examined and it was found that entrance had been gained by an insecure window in the kitchen. At 11.15 a.m. on June 18th he interviewed the prisoner in custody at this station and informed him that he suspected him of breaking into Cockhampstead Farm and stealing some money and cheese.
He at first denied it, and then said "I may as well tell you the truth. I wish to state that I have broken into Mr Grigg's house at Cockhampstead twice. On the first occasion I took some money from a desk and also some cheese from a cupboard. I cannot say how much money it was. This happened on a Saturday night. When I broke in the second time I took a gun, the one which the sergeant took from me today. This was on a Thursday night. I was hungry when I done these jobs, otherwise I should not have done them. I am sorry for the trouble I have put everyone to." He read the statement to the prisoner and he signed it. Later he was charged with the offence.
In answer to the Chairman, Supt. Wright stated that the prisoner was born in 1898, and was a single man. He joined the Army in 1915, and was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1919.
The prisoner said he was in the Northampton Regiment and served in France.
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The third charge against the prisoner was that of breaking into Cockhampstead Farm on the night of 13th and 14th May last, and stealing a gun, the property of Mr A.G. Grigg, to the value of £1.
Theodore Austin Grigg, of Cockhampstead Farm, said on May 13th last he went to bed at 10 o'clock and got up the next morning at 7. He went downstairs and found the kitchen door wide open, and groceries strewn on the doorstep and just outside. The drawers in the dresser in the kitchen had been ransacked and a single barrelled gun that stood in the corner taken away.
He recognised the gun produced. He went through into the scullery and found the window open, and in the sink in front of it was some mud that had come off someone's shoes. The kitchen door was locked and fastened the night before. The key lay just inside on the floor. He valued the gun at £2.
P.C. Voller, who was commended in the previous case by the Chairman for the way he gave his evidence, recapitulated his interview with the prisoner on June 18th, and with regard to this charge asked him to give an explanation of how he came into possession of the gun. He stated "I bought it from a strange man at Puckeridge three months ago, and gave 30/- for it."
Witness told him that this was not a satisfactory explanation, and that he was suspected of breaking into Cockhampstead Farm and stealing the gun which was found in his possession. The prisoner then made the voluntary statement already given in the previous case, and when charged and cautioned made no reply.
The prisoner was committed for trial and remanded to Brixon until Monday last, when his trial took place at the County Quarter Sessions at Hertford. All the witnesses in the cases were bound over to give evidence at the Quarter Sessions.
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At the Herts. Assizes at Hertford on Monday last Woods was sentenced to six months' inprisonment in respect of each of the charges, the sentences to run concurrently.
16th Dec 1927 - Buntingford Petty Sessions
Buntingford Petty Sessions
A Lengthy Agenda
A number of cases were down for hearing at the Buntingford Petty Sessions, held on Friday last. The proceedings lasted until nearly 5 p.m. Sir Charles Heaton-Ellis, C.B.E, presided, other magistrates present being Mrs Dimsdale, Capt. H.H. Williams, Mr Claud Fraser, and Mr G.W. Pepper.
LICENSING
An application for sanction to alterations at "The White Hart," Puckeridge, was granted. Mr Claud Fraser was appointed representative on the Hertfordshire County Probation Committee, and the Bench fixed Friday, February 3rd, for the annual licensing meeting.
The licence of "The George and Dragon" Hotel, Buntingford, was temporarily transferred to Fredk. S. Brigham, the Chairman commending the late tenant, Mr J.E. Holmes, on the satisfactory way the house had been managed.
Application for the temporary transfer of the licence of a beer house at Westmill from David Rayment to Albert Coxall was granted.
NON-PAYMENT OF RATES
Frank Brand, of Harestreet [sic], Buntingford, was summoned for non-payment of poor rate, amounting to £5 18s. 1d.
An order for payment was made.
A STRAY DOG
Wilfrid Bentley, of Harestreet, Buntingford, was summoned for allowing a dog to stray at Little Hormead.
P.C. Gillett, who proved the case, said that when he spoke to defedant about the offence defendant remarked "I shall have to put up with it, I can get off with paying."
Defendant, who did not appear, was fined 10/- including costs.
ANOTHER DOG CASE
Henry Pigg, of Biggin, Buntingford, was summoned for allowing a dog to stray at Harestreet, and for failing to have name and address on the dog's collar.
The defendant told the Bench that he did not know it was necessary to have one's name and address on a dog's collar.
The Chairman said he was afraid that it was not generally known.
Supt. Wright: I will see that notice to the effect that the owner's name and address must be inscribed on a dog's collar, are posted in the district.
The Chairman: You will be fined 5/- including costs in each case, Mr Pigg, and in future you and I must read the posters. (Laughter).
GAME TRESPASS
Fred Warner, of Council Cottages, Ardeley, Stevenage, was charged with game trespass at Ardeley.
Thos. Hugh Sale, of Coates Manor, Ardeley, gave evidence of seeing the defendant in a field at 7.30 a.m. on 14th October. The witness saw defendant shoot at a pheasant. When witness spoke to him about it the defendant replied "Tell your father I will sting his pheasants up when the moon shines."
Alfred Carter, game-keeper, of Westmill, gave evidence, and after consultation the Chairman said it was quite clear the defendant was trespassing in search of game. The first witness had said that defendant put the barrels of his gun into his pocket when he left the field; this was not a proper action. There would be a fine of 15/- including costs.
SEQUEL TO A BUCKLAND DANCE
Horace Dearman, of Back Lane, Rushden, was charged with stealing a gent's overcoat, &c, at Buckland, on 21st October.
Thos. William Lawrence said he attended a dance at Buckland on the date in question. He had an overcoat, which he out on a chair in the lobby. He put his cap in the pocket of the overcoat. When he went for his coat after the dance it was missing.
George W. Andrews, of Cottered, said he attended the dance mentioned. When he came out into the lobby after the dance the defendant Dearman handed him a cap, saying "Here's your cap." The witness later found that it was not his cap, so it put it on his bicycle.
P.C. Hill gave evidence of interviewing defendant, who made a statement on the following Sunday morning.
Mr G.H. Maughan, of Messrs. Chalmers-Hunt & Co., represented defendant. The whole affair, he said, was a mistake. The defendant went to a dance at Buckland and put his coat on a chair in a very small and badly lit lobby. When he left the dance he picked up what he thought was his own overcoat and went home in it. He (Mr Maughan) agreed that the defendant should have reported the mistake to the police the next morning.
The defendant, in the witness box, told the Bench that he did not know he had the wrong coat until he was nearly home, when he heard something rattle in the pocket. In the pocket he found a tin of carbide, a scarf, belt and clips. He admitted to the Bench that his own coat differed a great deal from the one he took and also that his own coat pockets were torn.
After consultation, the Bench dismissed the case.
INTERESTING POSSESSION CASE
A case in which a Mrs Page, a London schoolmistress, applied for possession of a cottage at Sandon Lane, owned by her and occupied by Jonah Brown, was dismissed because the solicitors acting for the applicant had failed to read over a statutory notice at the time it was served to the defendant Brown.
Mr H.G. Woolfe, barrister, appeared for Mrs Page, and stated that the cottage was purchased in 1926, as Mrs Page, who was in ill health, wished to live in the country. The rent was 2/- per week. Defendant had been offered alternative accommodation. He was a thatcher by trade and the cottage offered him was quite suitable. The applicant had been paying rent for some time in respect of the cottage who had been offered Brown, in the hope that he would accept it.
The question of the notice to quit was discussed by the Bench. The notice was served through the post, but Brown, who was not respresented, although warned by the Chairman that he need not answer the question, admitted that he had received the notice to quit.
The question which led to the case being dismissed was one which the clerk put to the solicitor's clerk, Mr L. Hutchinson: "Did you serve the notice to appear at this Court, on Brown?" asked Mr Gisby. "Yes," replied the clerk. "Did you read it over and explain it to him?" "No."
The Chairman said he was in sympathy with Mr Woolfe, but the law had not been complied with. The statutory notice must be served personally, read over and explained.
The solicitor's clerk explained that defendant had used bad language to him and that he could not read the notice over to him.
Mr Woolfe said it seemed ridiculus to have to adjourn the case just to enable him to go through the formal business of reading over a statutory notice which Brown admitted having received.
The Chairman said they had no other course but to dismiss the application.
AFFILIATION CASE
A Buntingford woman applied for an affiliation order against Leonard Ward, of Wakeley Cottages, Buntingford. When the case came before the Bench in September last it was dismissed.
The applicant was represented by Mr H. Lathom, the defendant being represented by Mr R. Hartley, of Royston.
The hearing lasted over two hours and at the close the Chairman said the Bench had come to the undoubted conclusion that Ward was the father of the child. An order would be made for the defendant to pay 7/6 per week till the child reached the age of 16 years.
Defendant would also have to pay the cost of the day's proceedings and £1 1s. towards the cost of the confinement.
APPLICATION FOR POSSESSION
Hugh W. Sale, of Coates Manor, Ardeley, made application for the possession of a cottage owned by him and in the occupation of A. Culver. The man had received a week's notice to quit.
Mr G.H. Maughan, of Messrs. Chalmers-Hunt & Co., represented defendant, and told the Bench that the tenancy was a yearly one. When Calvert paid his rent, which he did by cheque, Mr Sale entered the rent in thr rent book as though it had been paid weekly.
Mr Sale submitted a certificate from the Agricultural Committee. He particularly wanted the cottage for a stockman. Alternate accommodation had been offered Calvert.
The Chairman said that in the eyes of the law Calvert was a yearly tenant and would have to be served with a year's notice for the application to be in order. The case would have to be dismissed.
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