Getting prosecuted - pants
RATIONED GOODS OFFENCE - SOLD TIES WITHOUT COUPONS Friday June 26th 1942 Fans of "Dads Army" might like this tale from the war. On March...
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Football Misery
STREET FOOTBALL - FINED Saturday 20th 1923 Not every case my great grandfather got involved with was a great larceny. Much of his early...
Vanishing Cream did not help him vanish
SHOPBREAKING CHARGE - YOUNG MAN ACCUSED AT GRANTHAM - ALLEGED CONFESSION OF GUILT Saturday March 11th 1939 There are many attempts to...
Life story of a burglar (1937)
CAUGHT IN THE ACT - GRANTHAM MAN SENT TO PRISON - FOR HOUSEBREAKING IN THE TOWN - Saturday January 9th 1937 An interesting tale this,...
Crisps and Cigarettes...
LINCOLN MAN REMANDED AT GRANTHAM - Friday January 7th 1944 Crimes involving tobacco are a constant issue for law enforcement, revenue and...
Skeleton Keys and Assaults on Police...
BOY'S SERIES OF THEFTS - SKELETON KEY and AMAZING SCENE DURING SCUFFLE IN CAR PARK Friday June 27th 1941 Two stories for your delectation...
Something old, something new, something...borrowed?
GOING TO GET MARRIED - SO STOLE CUPS AND SAUCERS Saturday May 14th 1938 Often with these tales, I'm left wishing I knew just a little...
Catching burglars using technology...
SATURDAY MAY 20th 1933 There's a lot being currently said about the emerging technologies which are now being utilised by law enforcement...
Bribes and the birch
Saturday January the 10th - 1920 My great grandfather had only been a Police Officer for less than a year when an offending motorist...
Take my mother-in-law....please.
Friday September 17th - 1943 CONCEALED WAAF ABSENTEE - GRANTHAM MOTHER-IN-LAW CONVICTED - DAY'S IMPRISONMENT May Atter, of 16 Ermine...
Bikes and Benefits
Saturday August 25th 1923 "LENIENCY FOR A SCORCHER!" It would appear that a "scorcher" was slang of the age for someone who drove or rode...
Innocent...
Saturday April 3rd 1930 NOT IDENTIFIED - PROSECUTION FAILS Not every case that my great grandfather, James Andrew Bramhall, investigated...
In which animal cruelty was described as "Mischievous habits"
Saturday July 25th 1936 "BOYS IN TROUBLE - MISCHIEVOUS HABITS AT GRANTHAM" What, at first read, looks like a campaign of fairly innocuous...
Homelessness, begging and problem solving.
Saturday June 23rd 1928 "INCAPABLY DRUNK" There has been a rise in the numbers of homeless people in our towns and cities over the last...
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Saturday April 4th - 1937 "A POUND NOTE IN HIS SOCK! - MIRACLE IN GRANTHAM POLICE CELL" The news reports in the Grantham Journal in the...
CUTTING EDGE OF CRIME
Saturday January the 8th - 1938 "ALLEGED ATTACK WITH A KNIFE - SPITALGATE AIRMAN CHARGED - GONERBY MAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL" There is a lot...
WHEN "BEING ON A REGISTER" MEANT SOMETHING ELSE...
May 30th - 1936 "FAILED TO KEEP REGISTER - GRANTHAM LANDLADY FINED" These days, when it comes to "being on a register" in relation to...
NICKING MILK? HOW DAIRY?
November 17th - 1939 Believe it or not, this case was reported as a stand-alone feature, not just a mention in the regular "Police...
THE CASE OF THE MISSING HOOTER
September 19th 1919 This is the earliest case I can find that involves my great grandfather. One of the things that has struck me in...
"GIRL SENT TO PRISON - DESCRIBED AS RATHER A BAD LOT"
December 24th - 1941 GIRL SENT TO PRISON - DESCRIBED AS RATHER A BAD LOT - SERIES OF THEFTS DISCLOSED Not much Christmas cheer in this...
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