2 THE LAW, OCTOBER 1972 ~~I- I I~- -~-~~~I - - I~ I I I I I I I I I I I I I IL I I IL I I - I=-~~- I - -~- - -~ I -~~-- - I I - I - I -~ 7

Bert Weedon's record helps road safety effort m

I By KEN ADAMS I ( A CRIME record with a dif- 1 ference inay soon become "top 1 of the cops".

It's the pop tune "Road to : safety song" played, arranged and directed by Britain's top

'guitarist Bert Weeden and sung I by Roy Edwards.

Bert, pictured at Walton-on- 1 the-Naze, surrounded by child- l ren and police, is playing the l tune in an attempt to get over l i n words and music the message Ithat police are very keen for 1 children to learn regarding 1 everyday precautions and road I safety.

I It all started when the Lin- 1 colnshire police asked Bert to I write a jingle for road safety

in schools. The "off-beat" tune 'so caught on that a record was

made. Although Bert has kept on

l the right side of the law for lmany years he now has hund- 1 reds of police records, which l a r e on general release. The rec- 1 ords are being sent to schools !,and p o l i c e headquarters 1 throughout the country. 1 Bert has tnany hit records 1 and currently has three I,.P.s

on the market, but he says: "I l would rather the road safety

record be a st~iash hit than any- ' thing else. It's nice to think that 'my music and playing might

be responsible for saving a L I I I I - I I I I I I L I

child's life. That would be bet- the air and Bert has appeared Appearing in the "Dick ten-week "one-night" tour, a I

ter than a golden disc." on B.B.C. TV discussing road Emery Show" at Clacton-on- cabaret cruise to the Carribean The record is often heard over safety. Sea, Bert is planning an autumn and then pantotnime. 1

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George Ambrose Seaxes improvement CHIEF Inspector George A

An~brose ended 34 years service last week when he m wq

left the Force to become f n r d and t h e I:wt 14 at Auto HOME Office now require

a higher standard of ac- commodation ifi Policc station cells and works needed in this connection will cost the County f4,4XO in the current financial year.

Club Security Officer for the Colchester. Co-op at Colchester. Hc tells the tale of his

George Aln brose's career first crime cnqui has been something like he went to the a sandwich; the first 14 his bike with f years being spent at Rom- brushes stuck in

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By Koy Clark

I.AL)IES and C>entlcrncn. Have you ever been to a "T;tble Top Rally'?" Well. now'\ your ch:incc. The Witham ('ar Club arc holdin@ one o n the l lth October ; ~ n d Sc;ixes membcl-s r e col-dially invited to compcte.

A "Table Top Rally" i \ at !-ally without te;rrs, cli\pcn\ing :is it tloea with \uch enculn- heranccs ;IS motor car\. I-oads. and since i t is held intloors, even weathel-.

I t is of caul-sc ;in cxtcnsive map-I-eading excl-cise for Iially navigator5 anti would-be navi- gzrtors: very competitive. lots of fun. and with prizes. Full details from our Competition Sec. D. Arbour. Driving s h o o t .

Guy Fawkes Dance Another event coming up

is the Seaxes 'Guy Fawkes' Dance to be held on .ird November in H.Q. Hall. Tickets 3Fp. The band is Bob Robertson. It's in Fancy Ilress. and there are prizes for the best Inan Guy, ancl thc best lady Guy.

Sirturday 14th October is the date set for the Britvic R;tlly. which i.; the premier rally of East Anglia. It's ;In all night affair covering a 450 mile route through Suffolk and Norfolk. This !.ally is intended for the "Big Huys" and in any case the entry l i \ t is full. However, the organisers are anxious to have any of our members as Mnr- shall\.

Smashing WHILE in custody at Brent- wood a prisoner caused damage to his cell to the value of f42. No order was made with reference to this when Cl!elms- ford Crown Court sent the man to prison for 15 months, and the Joint Police Authority have decided to write the amount off as irrecoverable. ; pcket . Times change:

slnce he took charge at Colchester there have been 12 nlurder enquiries -

I all cleared up. I George has a son aged 1 22 and will live in Col- 1 chester after he leaves. 1 Before joining in 1938 he I was a reporter and bus I conductor in Southend, I his home town.

Playback OFFICERS attending courses at Headquarters may see their more spectacular questions o r discussion points played back in slow motion, match-of-the- day style, if the video tape equipment asked for by Train- ing Department at a cost of E 1,900 is allowed.

The v i d w system is already standard in other Forces.

Dog has

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RETURNING triulnphant from the Met. Police Dog Cham- pionships on September 24, came 1,aurie McKenna and hi7 dog Sheriff, who won the new co~l~petition for dogs from the City of 1,ondon and Hoine Counties.

With each Force sending their best two dogs the com- petition was really fierce. Each dog wa5 tested for obedience an& had to chase and arrest - but with complications. As well as the criminal there were other people running about whom the dog had to ignore. In one test the dog even had to get on with it by himself with the handler out of sight.

A total of 279 points was just enough to clinch victory and a large silver cup. And the Essex No. 2, Drummer, not yet two years old and handled by Pc Alan Gilfillan, placed eighth to make it a good day for the dog section.

The Force Trials will take place on October 16, 17, 18 and 19.

Fred packs up I

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I B? VERA BAY1,ISS I - 1 ANYONE, past or present, who ever served in the CID at I the Pitsea o r Basildon stations since 1960, must remember 1 retires I Mrs. Gricks. It was therefore very pleasing to see so manv I

OCTOBER 19 DOG SCHOOL, SANDON

of the people who have, either-";noved-on" or "up the ladder," but who found time to attend the small social func- tion given in her honour and held at the Basildon Bar on Friday, September l.

A collection had been organised by DlChief Inspector Hodges, and the money, in the form of a cheque, was pre- sented to her by Acting Chief Superintendent Joslin. This she stated would be very welco~ne as spending money on an intended cruise later this year.

A well-earned rest would seem the order of the day, for having suffered the loss of a dear husband earlier this vrar.

Mrs. Emnia Rudkin retired on September 30 at the age of 74. She had been a cleaner at Witham Police Station for the past 23 years and her services will be greatly missed. The Law would like to join with the occupants of Witham Police Station in wishing her a long and happy retirement.

The final day of the Force Dog Trials. The Dog Section will be pleased to welcome any spectators who care to come between 9 am and late afternoon.

. . . - - - - . - - - - she had worked on until her retirement in the true ' ' D o ~ ~ Y I G'' tradition.

- I Earlier in the day her colleagues of the civilian staff had I New lease I presented her (between sips of sherry and mouthfuls of l l savouries) with a rug and cushion, these gifts it is hoped I PART the garden the , will help her to spend a long and happy retirement. former Inspectors Quarters at

1 Saffron Walden is to be leased Obedience, agility and man exercises

AFTER 23 years at l'haxted, Constable Fred Cooper is to retire with 26 years service. Fred will continue to live in the village.

1 # to a neighbouring householder LII I I I=I . I -~--~~~ r m r r m r m a t f25pe rannum. on this day.

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= FROM TIME to time the Station wag finds E the time and energy to compose comic Force = = Orders with which to adorn the notice board. 3 I = One such appears below having first seen the = I m light of day at Southend. m I I

E FORCE ORDER 'B' I = LEAVE OF ABSENCE I I

SICKNESS = This will no longer be acceptable as an excuse for being = absent from work. Your certificate will no longer be proof - of illness. If you are able to visit your doctor you are able 3 to come to work. I

3 LEAVE OF ABSENCE - (For an operation). We are no longer allowing this practice = and are discouraging any thoughts that you may need an = operation. As long as you are in our employ you need all = of whatever you have and nothing should be removed. Any- = one having an operation will be dismissed immediately, after = having reimbursed the force for the value that was removed. 5 A list is available on request. - g 5 A SUCCESSFUL concert in = DEATH = Halstead Public Gardens on

(Your own). This will be accepted as an excuse provided that = Sunday 20th August was well = at least two weeks notice is given. It is considered your duty = received. A count of the = to teach someone else your duty before passing on. = audience was made of the I = order of 200 which wasn't a t = CALL OF NATURE = all bad. The weather was fine

As too much time is being spent in the toilet future visits = and not too neither was = will only be allowed in alphabetical sequence. These will = Our music. On Sunday, 17th = commence at the start of each shift, i.e. those whose surname = September we went to the = begins with 'A' at 6 a.m., 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., those whose "Three a t Cressing to = surname begins with 'B', 6.15 a.m., 2.15 p.m. and 10.15 = give a concert, but that = mm. Anyone unable to go during their allotted time will wait ' enemy of outdoor playing Mr. = until the following day. Any infraction of this order will = Rain, &nally won and stopped result in immediate dismissal. = play. Never mind, it was an I

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I J. C. NIGHTINGALE - attempt and we can't win 'em

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3 INDEX: LEAVE OF ABSENCE Chief g ailinother concert given a t

I - Foakes Hall Dunmow was a

IMPORTANT NOTE = first class success. We always I - know when we've pleased the = THIS IS not a real Force Order. Qo not corn- customers, they remain after

.I = ply with the terms of this comic notice. the interval. In this case, more = came in. Our compere Brian ~lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Penton was to his usual

form (green s ~ d e u p and all) Joint Force The Civilian Harold Hull and Rrian Tyrell

Types No. 40 rendered solo items in their Establishment Officer uswl polished style and Char- lie Woods, a relaxed contrast to all that blowing, with some good stuff on the piano much liked by the customers. So you see we press on gathering laurels all the way (I trust).

In this monrth's column I thought it worthy of mention, the difference between a brass band and a military band. It isn't just that one is armed forces. military so to speak, al- though that is doubtless the origin of the name. It is the fact mainly that whereas a brass band has only brass wind instruments a military band has these plus clarinets, saxo- phones, bassoons, possibly fifes and a piccolo or two. Also in- stead of tenor horns, they usually have French horns al- though this is not always the case. This of course makes for greater flexibility of tone and musical form.

But the brass band is be- loved of industry and villages. Almost all the top brass bands in this country are industry- based or sponsored and much rivalry exists between them, whereas military band contests are not so widely publicised. All regular armed service band5 are of course military bands and most of these per- We can start you right away at £20 per week form a dual role, The instru-

but if you can type as well we'll make it £30. mentalists ~ ~ s u a l l y play two in- struments. such as a cornet in

I I the military role and a violin

I BASILDON DIVISIONAL ~n the orchestral role and other

SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB I permutations, such as a bass

I I drum and bass fiddle. So now you know. We in the

I I Essex Police Rand are ouite ' content. at present at leasi, to i to Halloween Dance ! remain a brass band. The only engagement we have to hand

I at th~e moment, is a concert a t m Rillericav on 15th November I in the Archer Hall I believe. I at Rotary Hoes, Friday ~ b m l t 60 tickets have already

I West Horndon I been sold and several more

I 1 ;irked for. So hurry u p and

3rd November, book for t h ~ s one and make it I a Prom-style only don't throw

I where dancing will be ! from 8 o.rn. to 1 am. to the

lemons a t the cornet players. I Be seeing you.

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l To be done up lay Conley Quintet ! SUBJECT to the approval of - .

1 the Secretary of State and any 1 necessary planning permisuon Usual licensed bar and buffet b e ~ n g granted. 3 houses at Lon-

I 1 don Road, Feenng are to he modernrsed at a total cost of

Dress optional. f8.400. This W I I I include re- ' decoration and re-wiring. and I garages and central heating will I ; also hc nrclvided

I I The first prize I intherafflewill be Weekend in Paris I I I

EARLIER this summer police and coast- guards cotiibined in a special exercise on the River Blackwater to mark the visit to the area of the Chief Inspector of H.M. Coastguard, Lt. Cotl~mander John Douglas.

A coastguard helicopter took part in a mock rescue operation with the Thames coastguard patrol boat, two police launches and the St. Lawrence Bay Auxiliary Coastguards, a voluntary body.

The Force diving tear11 were also in- volved, divers being plucked frotn the

sea - and dropped back in from 20 feet.

The helicopter, based at Manston and under the jurisdiction of Thames Rescue H.Q. at Walton-on-the-Naze, has flown 150 search and rescue sorties, lifting 53 people to safety.

One of these sorties earned them the Board of Trade Shield for the most meritorious wreck service of the year. On March 9, only four minutes after the alarm was raised, three men, aged 56, 68 and 70, were snatched from an upturned fishing boat off the Essex coast.

teak \urround, excellent con- I d ~ t ~ o n Co\t new f 3 5 Sdle I Tickets f 1.35 (includes buffet) obtainable I prlcc L ~ O D, Allen. P I IO~O- ! from Brentwood Police Station graph~c Department, Head-

4 THE LAW, OCTOBER 1972

Callous murder by motor car

bandits shocked ABOUT 6'1m on 27th September, 1927, a mail driver, William Ward, on his way from Romford to Abridge passed through Stapleford Tawnev and came upon Constable George Gutteridge, whom he knew, lying in the road in a pool of blood. He called out to the Con- stable and took hold of his hand but it was cold and Mr. Ward raised the alarm by calling out people who lived nearby. A busdriver on his way to work at Rornford in- formed the Havering Con- stable and Romford Police Station.

Constable Gutteridge was found lying on his back with his legs across the road and his head and shoulders at the foot of the bank. There was a trail of blood running away from the body down the hill and another trail of blood splashes leading across the road to where the Constable was lying. His pencil was clutched in his right hand and his pocket book lay close to his left.

Pc Sidney Taylor, stationed at L.am bourne End had met Pc Gutter- idge for a 3 am conference point about 600 yards from the scene of the crime. The two stood chat- ting about a ease of Gut- teridge's until about half past three when they parted and each walked towards his home.

No time was lost in "calling in the Yard." By 1 1.35am that day Detec- tive Chief Inspector Bcrrett and Detective Sgt. Harris were on their way to Essex. There they confer-

the nation red with Superintendent Cant ot kpplng Uivision and Det. Insp. Crockford of Romford.

At once the scene was examined. Near where the body had been the bank had been disturbed as if by a car wheel. Already enquiries had been set in motion because this wheel track had been seen earlier by one of the first local residents on the scene.

The only crime reported in the area that night was the theft of a Morris Cow- ley motor car from l ~ . Lovell's house at Billeri- cay. A very different situ- ation from modern times will unfold in connection with this crime.

Two possibilities now presented themselves. The Constable might have been shot by someone with a grudge or by someone upon whom he had chanced while on patrol.

In favour of the first possibility was the fact that he had discussed a case of his at some length with Pc Taylor at their point, a case involving a local man with a reputation for trouble-making.

Chief lnspector Berrett more or less discounted this and plumped for the stolen car. The Constable had been shot twice at close quarters through the left side of the head and then another bullet had been fired through each

the ground under the body and together with another found inside the skull were carefully preserved.

There was no sign of any struggle and this, added to the fact that his pocket book was in his hand, suggested that he had been killed by the occupants of a car. But which car? Was it the stolen car?

Circuitous route

F.nquiries showed that Dr. Lovell's car had been stolen about 2.30am. To avoid the main road into London the thieves could have taken a roundabout way through Mountnes- sing, Pilgrims Hatch, Cox- tie Green, Navestock, and so to the point where Gut- teridne was found.

The Police now set about proving this and over the next few days found witnesses in Billeri- cay who knew the sound of I Jr. 1-ovell's car and said it had been driven along the Mountnessing Road. A string of other witnesses made statements that a car had passed their house at certain times which, added together, made certain of the route the vehicle had followed. Imagine trying to do this today! But in 1927 few cars were about at- night.

eye. These bullets had In the meantime Chief been found embedded in- Inspector Berrett formed

Dr. LovelPs Morris Cowley motor car which was stolen by Browne

the theorv that the car had 1- run into the bank and had backed out again when Constable Gutteridge came uuon it. He suestioned A Constable t i e occupants and took out his book when they suddenly shot him and he staggered back across the rosd to fall upon the verge on the far side. The shot must have been un- expected because Con- stable Gutteridge was des- cribed as a brave man who would not have allowed such a thing to happen without a struggle.

He had worked most of the day before and when Mrs. Gutteridge went to bed at l l pm the Constable had put his feet up for an hour's rest be- fore going out to his 3am poinf. Long hours in those days !

By 8.30pm that day 1 ~ . Lovell's car had been found abandoned at Brix- ton. F-nquiries revealed that it might have been left there about 6am though noone had been seen parking it. What a contrast to present day cases when abandoned vehicles can stand in the carchoked streets of the metropolis for weeks.

since 1910 P.C. George Gutteridge

joined Essex Constabulary in 1910 when he was 20 having come from his native Suffolk.

He served first at Southend, not yet a sepa- rate Force, and then at Romford. In 1913 he moved to Grays and remained there until 1918 when he was called up into the army, serving in the Machine Gun Corps.

In 1919 he rejoined the Force and returned to Little Thurrock where he remained until 1922 when he moved to the Staple-

ford Abbotts beat. He had married in

and at the time death his two c were aged 12 and 4.

The funeral took p at Brentwood on October and was atten by 200 policemen a uniform and most we World War 1 medals.

The Bishop of B paid tribute to P.C. teridge in an address. "

A year later a memorid cross was erected 4 Warley Cemetery, subg scribed to by members q the Force.

offering information if, for example, a certain small- ad were inserted in national newspapers but none of these led to any- thing. Numerous mysteri- ous parcels containing guns or amunition were found all over the place but could not be con-

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Although Policemen: were, by and large, keptci in their place by society and somewhat looked down upon they were nevertheless held in some special esteem and the murder of a village con+ stable on his unarmed night patrol shocked the

Cartridge case nected. piblic 'far more, one feels, Although the activities than it would now, 45

The car was taken to of certain press reporters years later.

Brixton Police Station and thorough1 y examined. Under the front near side seat a cartridge case was found. The front nearside of the car was damaged as if from running into a tree ' and there were snlashes of blood on the r

off-side running board. The car and Dr. Lovell's

garage were examined for fingerprints but the only ones found werc smudged prints on the steering wheel which appeared to belong to the policenlan who had driven it to the station.

False trails

At this stage a red her- ring was introduced when I man called Andrew Baldwing gave himself up for the crime at Basing- \take. He was brought back to Romford but later clcared. He had to be smuggled out of Romford as the p re s werc being a nuisance.

were causing trouble the newspapers themselves were giving every assis- tance. Thc Ncws of the World offered f 1,000 re- ward for information Icad- ing to an arrest and very full coverage was given to the case.

Inquest adjourned On 30th September the

Romford Coroner Mr C. E. Lewis opened til t inquest on Constable Gut teridge and after takinl formal evidence adjournec

Browne and Kennedy, to take an indirect having stolen Dr Lovell's back to London b

Over 200 policemen, about one-third of the Force, many wearing Great War various other crack- car fFom Billericay, drove they were afraid to ~ i i ~ r l n l c . marched in the funeral ~rocession and there were manv wreaths. pots wrote to the press through the lanes of Essex through Brentwood

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"for about two molith\." Enquiries continued at

Billericay with a view to discovering the thieves of Dr. Lovell's car. Sergeant Weedon worked hard at this and as a result it was quite clear that the thieves were not locals.

Many local people who had seen suspicious per- sons loitering about Bil- lericay were taken up to Scotland Yard to look at photographs but without success. It was now in Billericay that enquiries were being pressed. There was nothing more to bc learned at the scene of the murder or the place where the car was abandoned.

Then the hunt movcd to liagenham after a man was overheard in "The Chequers" public house saying that he was con- cerned in the murder. A trap was laid for this Inan but in thick fog he was missed. By chance the number of a taxi which had driven past the trap was taken and the taxi driver was traced, and even- tually led police to the man, "danny."

He was detained with a woman. Both were CRO but could not be connec- ted. "E" Div, Metro, took them away but could not connect them with a rhop- breaking and in the end "C" I )iv, Mctro, locked them up for breaking.

Another dead end left the enquiry team frus- trated. It was now October 8th, nearly two weeks after the murder and \till n o real lead.

On 10th November the Chief Inspector reported at length for the infor- mation of the Chief Con- \table of Essex, Capt. Clnett, on progress made \o far.

I t was little enough. The trail was cold and many must have thought the crime insoluble. The first phase of the enquiry, col- lection of evidence im- mediately following the crime, wa4 over. Now wa\ to tollow a period a be- hind-the-scenes work, not very \pcctacular and con- ducted to the accompani-

in the press. A verdict of murder by persons un- known was brought in.

Enquiries were, literally, world wide, communi- cations being received from Awtralia. Canada and Ireland among other places.

On January 15th the "News of the World" raised its reward offer from E 1,000 to £2,000, a mark of the concern felt in the country at the fail- ure to clear the murder up.

Almost at the same tilne Sheffield City Police

The scene now. The

wrote to Chief inspector Berrctt about a man cal- led Frederick Guy Browne. He had previous convic- tions for car thefts and a s a matter of routine had been sought for interview for some time.

A car stolen in London was traced to his posses- sion. Rrowne had a garage at Claphaill Junction, not for from the place where Dr. L20vell's car had been abandoned.

Enquiries showed that Coi~tii~ucd oil p:qx 8

road has .been widened and straightened, a lane no more, lined with new bungalows.

e a Constable was always Gutteridge, who "flashed" about to take notes in his Each arrow on the aiap Constable Gutteridge's grave in Warley cemetery, ,e on duty in the High the111 down with his lamp. pocketbook, they turned denotes a witness who recently cleaned, and planted prettily with blue and ,e Street. Quite by chance After Browne shot the the car round and drove stated the tiwe the car white flowers, bears the si~llple tribute, "Erected by me they canle upon Constable Constable when he was to London via Chigwell. passed. his comrades."

Pillars of society IT FELL to our lot recently to talk to the new cadet intake about the history of the police and referring to the events of 1829 when the first professional police force in this country took to the ttreets, we asked the audience.to imagine what this country with no police force would be like. A degree of anarchy might prevail they considered and we agreed.

It was surprising, therefore, to read recently that a Member of Parliaiiient had opined that the only thing standing between this country and anarchy was Parliament. This is dangerous, cloud cuckoo- land stuff. Can anyone imagine that if a determined body of men, be they ttrikers or any other sort of dissidents, chose to surround Parliament and let no-one either in or out, that anything short of a strong force of Metropolitan Policemen could restore order?

It is the Police Service which standt between this country and anarchy which makes it all the more ironic, alas, that we are likely to be some of the first recipients of Mr. Heath's £2 per week.

11 Let's go independent ( COMPLAINTS against the police and the methods of dealing with then1 are in the limelight again with the news that the Home Secretary, Mr. Carr. is to look at the oroblen~ afresh. This is

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good and it is to be hoped that he-can produce a formllla which, if it cannot satisfy almost all interested parties, can at least almost satisfy all of them. The time is ripe for some sort of independent appeal tribunal to be set up though essentially not only the conlplainant but also the policeman must have access to it.

We are less impressed to learn that it was the report of the Commons Select Committee on Race Relations which prodded the Home Secretary into his decision. It must be chastening to the other organisations which have campaigned for years for independent enquiries into complaints against the police to find that the race relations industry has "wiped their eye" to use a good old police phrase. But the means are justified by the end, no doubt, and if a source of irritation between police and public is reri~oved only good can result.

who calls the tune? BUREAUCRACY went mad in September, 1972. After all, the only change to come about was that instead of having to wait three months to receive payment for overtinie worked, if time off in lieu had not been enforced in the meantime, Constables and Sergeants could opt, as of right, for payment straight away. And yet this minor alteration inspired a tive page force order with seven appendices.

It all seems so complicated and we cannot help wondering why we have to continue the concept of units when everyone else talks in terms of time- and-a-half for overtime. What is most disturbing when the time spent by policemen on administra- tive tasks is supposed to be decreasing, is the prospect of supervising officers all over the cohnty licking their pencils, and adding up one unit for every three worked (carry one to next column) when the much vaunted con~puter at County Hall could do the job much more accu- rately and rapidly upon receipt of the bare facts.

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1 Spare their feelings 1 THE news that the Home Oilice l'ublic Relations Branch is arranging for the changes in superin- tendents' rank insignia to be suitably publicised to avoid any in~pression that there have been reductions in rank strikes us as odd.

At whom will this pnblicity be aimed? Mem- bers of the service who hnow very well what the situ- ation is'! Or at the general public whose glimp~es of these office bound worthies must be rare indeed.

No pri~eq, alat, can be offered for a suitable catch phraqe for this campaign. Maybe something like, "He's only lost his pip-he's still your lovable neigh- bourhood Supercop."

Presumably the wearers of this reduced insignia will co-operate in saving their hurt feeling9 by having the res~~lting holes in their epaulets invisibly mended, otherwite any publicity will only amount to pooring

I money down the drain. We are inclined to think the whole exercise adds up to this anyway.

Too much education

'Dear Sir, On checking the front pages

of the August and September Law I noticed that eight out of 13 articles refer to achieve- ments of an academic nature. Although I feel that we all must and do applaud the success of the academ~c members of our Force I also feel that there must surely be other news within the Essex Police District of a more varied nature worthy of a mention on the front page of the Law.

No doubt your argument in this case will be that it makes little difference whether the news is on the front page of the paper or inside. In answer to this I would say that I have always been of the opinion that the shop window of any news- paper is its front page, if this is so 1 hesitate to suggest that our shop window as seen through the Force Newspaper reflects a great deal of single- mindedness.

K. A. NADEN

WE arc delighted to know that you read our front pme, at least, so avidly, Mr. Naden, and impressed that you so neatly anticipate our counter to your opinion. And while we feel that the achievement of. cduc?tional excellence, whether In professional or general stndies, is of para- mount importance these days, we have lowered, or rather altered, the tone of the front page this time by referring to

, n~ore mundane matters -like marriage or the ChiePs doings. -Editor.

Acknowledged Dear Sir,

The Finance Action and Police Salaries, County Hall, thank PS Davies for his kind letter in last month's "Law" regarding his replacement pay advice slip. Communication and co-operation between us is second to none, and it could be said that this is a classical example of "Friendly, in- formal line administration." After this we can only sign off as:

The Finance Team

Treadmill still there?

He agrees with us

Dear Sir, Through the courtesy of your

co lun~ns we have crossed swords in the past, but having just read your latest article headed APPEASEMENT, I feel .you deserve praise from us all.

It seems to me you speak the thoughts of a good many mem- bers of the Police Service. which is more than can be said I tor some members of the Fedcr- '

atlon, who are supposed to hdve the Intere\ts of thelr member\ before all else, or so they would have 11s belleve

The latest exdmalc of such devotion to our interest is quoted by you in your excel- lent article, where you quote the words of the Chairman of the Police Federation. He too seems to have joined the ranks of the do gooders, and I sug- gest he has no place in the Police Force, but should join l a r d Iungford and Lord Hunt in their good works. He might start by promoting a fund to, assist the Uganda Asians. This way he should in his turn get a move to the House of Lords and join the other two.

D. J . SLAYDEN, P.C. 884 (ENGLISH)

ONCE again. ;l \hurt. hurried column because of both lack of time and material. llavirig been away again on a cour\c 1'111 afraicl I've been a little out of touch this month --never ~nind.

I've received no info liom the other Subs this month- W gather all in gents and let's have it!

The motor cycle "season" (gootl weather etc.) is now drawing to a close anrl vcry w o n it will he l u n g John\. heated jackets and layers of clothing. like ;in onion. Renewed acquaint:rnces will

garage 'ill ;11\o he vcry wet

Old Harlow / come now :IS thls w~ l l mean. more thiin likely. that the

Memories of

Dear Silr, 'Every picture tells a story',

runs the old adage. This is surcly true when one looks at the photographs i l lust~ating t_he feature, 'This is your Nlck - Saffron Walden' (The Law- August).

You say that the railway station has changed liitle since lW4-surely this must be the vear in which the tv~ewr i t e r

be made w ~ t h old friends who hLwe colou~erl telly. a t ~ r e 'lntl coffee with!

The bonus \y\teni , ~ t the

stable ~ cfrom ;here i n d on t o l Harlow, p ~ ~ t t i n g up the horse at a little pub in Churchgate about i't in the sermlon the next Street, the name of which Sundtay. escapes me at the moment. Another thought comes to Many a trip I have had on mind how things have changed Count days and used to take in the Force since the early my place on the long seat 1900s. Take for instance wh'ich ran almost the width of removals -- 1 remember when the Courtroom at the back. I we left Hatfield Broad Oak our remember both Inspector Hail- furniture was taken in a farm stone and Inspecttor Gardiner waggon to Dunmow Railway being at the old Police Station. Station (sevePal t r ~ p s were My trips t o the Court were made) then it was loaded into looked upon as a fine day out. a Railway Waggon and packed

The same procedure was with straw. The railway then followed on Pay Days, only a took over and after some days start was then made about the truck arrived at B'illericay 8 a.m. from Hatfield Broad Oak Station.. Another contractor, and it was often late in the t h ~ s tune a Coal Merchant, evening before he arrived home c a ~ t e d the furniture from the as after Pay Parade was over Station to the Police Station. the Inspector would give per- The whole removal took at mission "reasonable least three days. (Some differ- refreshment ':o be taken be- ence now.) In 1909 my Father fore r e t~~rn ing to the stations who by this time was an (of course pubs were open all Inspector a t Maldon, was day then). moved to the then new Police

At thlis ,time most of the Station at Harlow. We were

Dear Sir I was delighted to see in the

September issue of The photographs of the old H~~~~~ Police Stations.

The oldest of a l l brought back Jo me many happy memories of my childhood days when my ~~~h~~ was a sergeant ~ ~ ~ f i ~ l d ~~~~d o a k , on coLlrt days he llsed to hire a waggonette from the ~~k~~ ~ ~ ~ d , set off for Harlow calling at ~ ~ t f i ~ l d ~ ~ ~ t h to pick up the con - stables from Matching Green and Hallingbury, then on to S,heering to oick uo a Con-

inhabitants were expected to go to Church on Sundays, includ- ing the Police Sergeant in un~form. He had a special pew allocated ]to him. IF . for some reason he was unable to attend the Service, the Vicar was round t'he door on Monday morning to find out why. If the reason for the Sergeant's absence was caused by a local person, that person heard all

machine\ will stay in "dry dock" just :I little longer! Of course this ha\ its disatlvxn- tag'-a\ we. oncc :lgjiin. bccome the "thorn in the \~dc" of the TralTic Departnicnt :is \hifts change (to be cliscussed next meeting) and drivers and cars are ~-e-:i~-r;lnged. nevcr mind. it will be sumnier- uion!

Ncxt S ;~ t~~rc l ay i \ the last of "official" job\, \o to \ay,

1n the form of the Burnham C;irnivaI. Once again we sh;ill he the target (or :tccurately thrown coins and with :I bit o f luck Inay hold On to the title of ''Best Over;li! t.loat" (it's

the second ones in the new Station. I believe the first was an Inspector Barrow, but I'm not sure of this. We lived in the part next to Fawbert and Barnards School. I can see in your photo my bedroom win- dow where I used to look out and see the Gilby family drive from Mark Hall to the Rail- way Station with a pair horse carriage comple'te wi'th Coach-

the blue light and two tones that tlo it!).

The ncxt meeting we are hoping to have in October. about the 18th so let's have a good turn out as we hope to have ;I representative from "The <'orridor.; of Power" with LIS

ancl tiiscus\ the forthcoming year. \hifts, equipment etc. arid also al-r;r ngc another "Lndies Night" at Xina\. Would appre- ciate convenient clates from Arthur. Mitch. BI-ian ~ind John so get in touch please.

Late challenge by Headquarters

A\ reported last month the league i h really becoming "hot" with ,Southend and Colchester wheel to wheel but danger is looming up in the \hapc of Heatlq~inrters (renowned late tinisher\) who are making >I

latc hicl via Frank Mascall. F'rank, on hi\ last hour of Iates. had ju\t negotiated the road- works at Ingatestone on the A12 when \uddenlp "he saw the light" in fact he saw 2 lights, coming right at him fol- lowcd very clohely hy n motor cat- which. we gathered later. was the owner of the lights.

FI-ancis. darzled by light5 and not surc of actual position of same. take\ lc~ist line of rcsistance antl best esc;tpc r o u t e - d o w n and left-hit the kerb and does a nifty Mick McManu5 with motor for about ?Oft.! l 'he machine was fairly damaged and Frank was brui\ed quite a bit all over but. I'm pleased to \ay, not seriously. Anyway, that's it Headqu;rrters 3 so now we are really going. By the way, Frank hit the ground fairly h:rrtl and his "Avia" kit stood up to i t excellently giving Frank a l o t of PI-otection and it didn't )rip o r tear so i t provecl the worth of this garment.

nerek L ce ha\ f in~\hed his course ancl obtained 88 and lan Spa~-k\ has now completed hi\ a~lv;inced and got 88 also X) well done to both.

Ben was the fir\t of the motor cyclist\ - to d o thi5 "Accident Coursc" and can now tell us the speed and po\ition of the vehicles before i t happens-so that <:Ives a lot of work hecauw now they never do!

Well. n o other news. keep i t short ;incl mol-c ncxt month.

I'eace, Love ancl Overtime to you all brothcl-S! Ride safe and to the \ystc~ii. klonty

man and Footman. As it approached the main gate opposite the Police Station the gastes would be opened by an occupan't of the lodge. (Good old days.) Whilst we were there we had the Coronation cele- brations 6f H.M. King George V and Queen Mary. The Station was gaily decorated with flags and bunting and a n l~~ lbe r ry tree was planted on Mulberry Green by the Captain of the Fire Brigade. I wonder if it still survives. Tea was taken in Mark Hall Park and there was dancing in the even- ing.

Living in the Station during our stay was a married Con- stable named Colby and in the room upstairs was a sihgle man, P.c. Hill. I believe the Superintendent at Epping was Supt. Terry. Perhaps some of my pensioner friends will remember. P.c. Gamble was at Potter Street. P.c. H. Girt, later Inspector, who had a son in the Force, was at Roydon, and a P.c. Thoroughgood was at Sheering. Other names escape my memory in this passage of time.

Thank you for the memories your photograph has b r o ~ ~ g h t .

Yours sincerely, S. C. Giggins

(Ex-lnsp.)

I (shown in the p6dtograph , I

above) was issued. (By the way, was the mechanical defect caused by hay-seeds in the works or was i t just that Mr I Cax,ton had fallen down on

1 his contract?). I I do like the master plan-

n,ing board. Am I right in thinking that someone is Em- pire bliild'ing; that some future building estimate will provide an annexe in which will re- pose a grand luxe master board*? The board w~ill, no d'o~~blt, be cunningly lit with oil-lamps with informati,on changed' by mechanical means -the motive power emanating from the tread'-mill. (They must still have a tread-mill in

l that dcl~ightful excrcise yard surcly!).

J. MURPHY , 7.8.72. Southend-on-Sea

taking this service, and any spare parts re- APPEAL quired are supplied by the library. The com- VOLUNTEERS aonents used are of standard tvoe.

m The degree of help &en would be The British Talking Book Library for the governed by the volunteer'r knowledge, and

Blind is fortunate in havine some 2,000 volun- his willingness to proceed with his task. teen wrvicinr: the l alkinp Book machines used Usually quite simple repairs are involved, such by their members throughout the country. as the replacement of a volume control or There are many areas where no volunteer is valve, or simple fault-finding. Circuit dia- available and with an expanding library ser- grams, guidance notes and technical data are vice, the need for more volunteers is very provided. great. Most volunteers are amateur radio enthus-

The equipment provided conyists of a simple iasts, or are employed by technological firms reproducing machine for tape recordings or are in business as Radio Dealers. Anyone housed in a specially designed cassette. who is prepared to help in this valuable and

Volunteers would sometimes be called upon worthwhile work should write to the follow- to instal machines in memhers' homes, en- ing address: wring that the machine is operated in accord- E. Read-Jones, Manager, ance with the instructions, enabling the user British Talking Book to derive the utrnoyt enjoyment from the re- Service for the Blind, cordings; also to service or repair machines Nuffield I,ibrary, when faults develope. Mount Pleasant,

N o financial obligation is involved in under- Wembley, Middx. --

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THE LAW, OCTOBER 1972 7

the narrative which follows that the N.E.C. are fully aware of these anomalies even to the extent of seeking amendment to the 1971 Act. Menibers will be kept fully informed. It is ex- pected that this matter will be raised at Conference the result of which will be awaited with interest.

The Public Service Pensioners' Council' is to be congratulated on its efforts to secure the abolition of the 4% trigger, be- low which, in terms of cost of living in any one year, there would be no increase, that it was eventually agreed to reduce the trigger to 2%. It is men- tioned that by the end of July the increase may well be be- tween 9-1096 and this will be the rise in pensions which Pen- sioners can expect to receive with effect from I December, 1972. Incidentally, the amount quoted recently in the National press (from the Civil Service Department) was 9.9%.

A timely reminder, I hope, that subscriptions are due to be paid by 31 December, these are for the year following - 1973. There are no changes in the minimum rates which are - Pensioner 36p. Wife 12p, Widow 12p. In the past Mem- bers contributed very gener- ously with that little bit extra

widows pensions in its recent review of the police pensions scheme with the Police Council.

It is not possible to give the Balance Sheet for the Asfo- ciation but at the end of December, 197 1 , the Assets and Investments were around the f 10,000 mark which shows a very healthy state of finances.

It is hoped that as many as can make it will attend the Annual Comrades Luncheon on 26 October. The Chancellor Hall, in Market Road, Chelms- ford, was recently opened and should prove an excellent venue for renewing old acquaintances.

The Deputy Chief Con- stable (J. Duke Esq.) intro- duced himself to the Committee on 16 September and said how much he appreciated meeting the Members. He would en- deavour to follow in the foot- steps of his predecessors as he was very interested in the Asso- ciation and all it stood for. He quoted from a recent survey of recruits coming into the Force and said the majority, when asked the reason for join- ing the Force, was due to en- couragement and recommenda- tion from serving Members and Pensioners rather than to the various advertisements in the Press. He hoped this source of recruiting would continue.

PENSIONS Amending Regulations bring-

ing into effect the new Pensions arrangements are not now ex- pected until the end of the year. It is rumoured that four attempts have been made to bring them to the light of day, but all have had to be torn up. A point to be considered is that those officers who intend to buy-in back service by way of increased pension con'tribu- tions have been building up a debt since I April this year and if the opaion forms are not signed ~ ~ n t i l the end of the year about nine months extra con- tributions will be owing. The Chief Constable has been asked if arrangements can be made for this debt to be paid off over the same length of time as the debt was incurred thereby obviating the need for a lump sum Davment.

PAY . At the time of writing this article a bombshell has been droppcd into our pay negotia- tions by the proposition of the Government that all pay in-

FORTUNE ebbed and flowed in the Regional cricket final played a t Hadleigh on 28th September.

Wlio would have given Essex-Southend any chance a t all after they had been put out for a mere 87 and then allowed the Sussex openers to put on 46? But in the end it was tighter than had seemed pos- sible and before they took.the cup away Sussex hearts were in their mouths.

The home side's top and bot- tom of the order men failed with the bat and it was left to numbers 4, 5 and 6 to score most of the runs. Ellis hit a fine 29 before getting his legs in the way; Greene buckled his s\\ash once too often and \vas bo\\led for 13: and NichoIIs put up a good rearguard :~ction to get 16 invuluahlr runs as the tail were skittled out.

Good start

The visitors set about it with gusto when their turn calne and Honeysett's 36 included only two runs which were not boundaries. Grainger came in for some stick here but got his man in the end. The first wicket fell a t 46 and two more

But what a finish

at 47, but the .score clilnbed to 72 for 3. It looked a formality.

Alas, catches were going down like autumn leaves. It was one of those days \\-hen nothing goes to hand and sticks. S m e of the more mathe- maticall!. minded of the spec- tators alleged that eight were dropped. cert~linl! the figure \\a.; hieh enough for the game to huvc been won narrowly be- fore the end.

At 72 Greene got a wicket: at 78 and 81 he had two more. His run seemed to 1engtht.n with each success and ant. almost expected to see hinl be- gin his approach from hehind the swings in the children's playground should he t a l e an- other wicket.

Now the game really tigh- tened up. Both sides were feel- ing the strain but Sussex man- aged to draw level with still only six wickets gone. Then Grainger had one leg before

~ i c k s c Rhmes b Culham . . . . . 0 Standon c Greene h Ct~lham . . 0 Beesley b Grecnc . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I Harner h Greene . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ~e&;-ries-lbw b Graineer . . . . . . . 3 Webb not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Krdhead c Ellis h Grainter . . . . 0 Riley not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gould did not bat

E\tras . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 -".-v

Howling: Culham 2-20, Greene 3-18. Grainger 3-38,

and in the next over a catch was held a t the wicket. Could it happen? Only two more to come in. But no, Riley played the ball back towards mid-on and it seemed to trickle through the fielders, each standing back for the other to take it, and that precious run was on the board. Sussex had won by 2 \\-ickets, but we had 'em wor- ried. m

The cup was presented by htr. H. Taylor. A.C.C.

GOOD START IN SENIOR LEAGUE The Cadet School tabler"

tennis team, who stepped up into seniou competition for the 1972-3 season began well by drawing their first two matches in September.

M E IAW. OCTOBER 1972

AFTER the quieter summer period the walking section has got going again this month with two races. The first over 5% miles at Woodford Green was also the first race in this year's Essex League competition and it was unfortunate that only four were able to turn out - a full team is six - all the others being on outward bound courses and the like.

Those who did race were just about below form as they were two weeks later in the Highgate Harriers hour races when no startling distances were covered.

The new cadet intake are al- ready shaping up well and put- ting up some cxcellent training

"times. If these can be repeated ~ ~

in races the team w ~ l l be greatly strengthened. Crays 'B' tea~n, winners of the Salter Cup they beat Colcl~ester 'A', G a y s beat Staff 'A',

for 1972, pose with their trophy. only the third Harlow and Clacton 'A.' Tea111 from the left,

Results time in the cup's 42-yean9 history that Grays Terry Bates, Derek Cass, John Drage and Bob Woodford 5 % miles: 9.9.72: 16th have had it. On the way to the final, in which Uegavino.

rnond, 49m 43% 65th K M,rnn Ttm - - I THE Force

I

16s 77 fin15htd Season ends with I

Wphgate hour races: 23.9.72. J 1 I

Hcdgerhorne 11020 m(\ B Joncs I Swimming Gala, : 10770 r n b , 1) \heppard 10742 R I I

I I Chelmsford Pool, g ~ n ~ l e R \heppard 9rn 185 A Black m wcll 9m 13s. H - - I -

g VERY close to the end of the athktics season r i m Mildin- hall hit one of his immediate targets lifting Bert Wallace's

( javelin record - and he made a good job of it, topping the ( previous mark by 9ft. I The season can be viewed with some satisfaction, the -

Harlow 9 javelin being one of 10 events in which Force best marks I

were improved. A wccessful dome5tic championship was I held in May, E~S~X-southend won the team event in the a again the Even the Regional Championships by a bigger-than-ever margin, and I

we put our most successful team for some years into the I National Police Championships

police events for civilian clubs. Only four of the marks best with goal post I But we "U have too few athletes performing outside g

9 shown below stand to athletes who were not, a t the time, 1 i*

1 1 I members of athletics clubs, and this speaks for itself. I ~istols needed a i FORCE ATHLETICS RECORDS

splint The Policewomen's netball

team held their first match of the season when they enter- tained Suffolk Policewomen at the cadet school on 12.9.1972. The game was delayed by the initial trials and tribulations that seem to precede the first game of every season, not the least of these was that we appeared to be without goal posts. However, two able bodied cadets were despatched to saw off the posts evenly above the damaged parts, and this still left one post in urgent need of a splint. First-aid was rendered, and the post finally wedged in position. To con- clude the chapter of accidents t h e game got under way to the accompaniment of a heavy shower of rain. Suffolk opened the scoring with an early goal, the home team quickly equal- ised, and W.P.c's Cole- and Grange scored steadily, until the home team were leading by seven goals to one at half- time.

Tne second half continued with enthusiastic play on both sides and Suffolk were unlucky not to add to their score, the final whistle blew with the home team winning by 14 goals to one. This is the first season that we have been lucky enough to have the services of a trained referee: D.c. Reed of Basildon. Thanks go to him for giving up. his time on his rest day, a gesture both teams appreciated.

The cadet team opened their winter campaign with a good win at Harlow. heating Mark Hall School by 28-10. The improved fol-m of the Force team is due mainly to the pro-

.ygession of several key players from cadet to force status, and it is encoul-aging. therefore. to Find that the cadet team still has the \hooting ability to score frcely.

AFTER ;I disconcerting \tart to the \eason. when they were heatcn h- l by Cheshire I'olice- women. the latlics hockey \ec- tion wttletl clown well to defeat

. r Bed\-l .rtton 4-0 in thcil- \t.concl match.

Ag;ri~l\t <'heshire 2 \ 1 1 went fairly well until hirlf-time when Ihey wei-e trailing only 2-1. In the seconc! h;~lf.' Iiowever, preswrc hy thc northern player\ producccl two more goals ;~nrl

"hclp fi-o~n the ilefencc to the tune ( ~ f two own ~ o ; ~ l \ .

.Against I3ecls-l-uton !he tea111 found ~ 1 1 1 e li11-warcls anct aftcr Rosemary I'almcr h;~d opened

Murder of P.C. Gutteridge

from centre pages Browne was out of Lon- don, having driven to Dartmoor to bring back to London a friend who had just been released. At 7.30am on 20th January Browne returned to his garage and was arrested for theft of a car.

He was found to be in possession of a mxking- ette mask, 12 rounds of 45 ammunition, a pair of artcry forceps and skele- ton key set - all on his person. In the car he drove up in was found a fully- loaded Wcbley revolver, and various housebreakirig implements. Shown these, Browne remarked, ''All, you've found that have you. I'm done for now." This reply was to be sig- nificant at his trial.

A \eareh of the garage revcaled more amunition and surgical instruments. Another loaded gun was found at Browne's home and an ear speculum fitted up as a lamp. Later a more thorough search re- vealed another gun, a

I fully-loaded Smith and I Wesson on top of a ward-

robe. Browne, formally inter-

viewed about the murder, made what amounted to

- Mark Competitor Date 1 11.2s M. Jackson 1 1.7.70 22.9s M. Jackson 29.8.68 ( 53.9s C. Adams 23.8.67

I EPI l m 55.6s W. Cornell 18.7.5s

I I T H E Force Pistol Competition

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I l a m .

I Longjump High jump 9 Wple jump Shot I Discus 1 Javelin

[ a complete denial.

A. Down A. Down A. Down J. Welbourn A. Armstrong G. Egerton A. Wallace A. Wallace T. MiWtnhdl

I z M E N . 13.8s M. Oldall 24.5.72 a 1 200nl 28.0s M. Oldall 24.5.72 1

Long jump 1 6ft M. Holliday 20.8.72 I High iuma 5ft tin M. Holliday 20.8.72 1

The rugby club kick off-with

The Rugby Club held a social eveniig combined with a quiz a quiz and a film show on September 13 at Police HQ, to clinch the quiz. The presi- Southend. Several ou t s~de dent of the Police Club, D.C.C. civilian clubs were invited to Mr. Duke, presented the win- attend and take part in the quiz. ning team with a gallon of beer, Among those clubs Present were: the heart of every rugby man, Southend, Old Westcliffians, and a plaque with the Force Ray'eigh Wyverns, Baslldon crest. the eventual winners, and the The audience and contestants Police. then retired to the bar while

arrangements were made to The quiz was the first Part clear the floor ready for the

and centre point of the evening. film, showed by permission of The idea of this quiz was to the R.F.U., called "William give the teams a chance to air W e b b - E l l i s ~ A r e You Mad." their wisdom on the subject of After the founder of the game rugby. The quizmaster, an of rugby. The film showed the Essex R.F.U. referee, compiled rise and eventual emergence the questions which were found 6 f the game of today. to be fair and sometimes tdcky. The evening was not the suc- The lead was exchanged regu- cess the club deserved but larly between Southend and hopes are high now that the Basildon until the last round other teams will be able to hold when Basildon forged ahead such an evening themselves.

,--------------I-- I I Essex & Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary I I POLICE FEDERATION

GRAND CHARITY BALL I

I (Proceeds to Essex Police Orphans Fund)

I I 1 ; CHANCELLOR HALL, CHELMSFORD I

on Friday 27 October, 1972

Dress Formal Tickets £3

Table Supper

Dancing 8-1.30 a.m. to Dennis,Hayward Orchestra. I Tickets obtainable from Federation Office, HQ,

or from Divisional Representatives. I the \coring in thc first half' f';lt got two. The defence played ilotsttrn (cx-W.p.c. guehting) nlore \olidly and there are added another ancl M;rria ( ) id - hopes for the future.

took place at Middldwick Ranges, Colchester on l l th September. This year there was a bumpe~ entry of I I divisions. The course consisted of combat shooting at various ranges calling for great accuracy and speed.

It was apparent from the word go that competition was going to be keen. The standard of marksmanship was high throughout the day and the supervising staff were very im- pressed by the commendable drill and safe handling of the participants.

The competition was won for the second year running by the Harlow team. This is a great reflection on their cap- tain and instructor, Sergeant Peter Cousins of the Ongar Ranch. It was obvious that he must have picked up a few tips from his recent trip to the States.

Clacton were the runners up and showed that in future com- petitions they will be a force to be reckoned with. Traffic were forced to compete short of one man but never-the-less put up a great show and in spite of their handicap were placed 5th overall.

The individual shoot was won by Sergeant John Jacobs of the Clacton team. Runner up Sergeant Mick Brangham, Traffic and third placing, went to Constable Graham Harvey.

But Dr. Lovell identi- field some of the surgical instruments and medical supplies found in the car and garage as his.

With Browne safely locked up efforts were made to find his accom- plice. An informant at Sheffield who had com- mitted offences with Browne identified a man he knew as Pat, as Wil- liam Henry Kcnnedy.

The informant made a long statement implicat- ing Browne and Kennedy but was not subsequently called to give evidence for his own safety. - Browne in the mean- time, appeared in court for theft of a car and was remanded in custody. F.n- quiries for Kennedy re- vealed that he had gone to Liverpool with the wife he had married only that week.

Metropolitan officers were sent to Liverpool to arrest Kennedy if possible. Within 48 hours intensive enauiries in that Citv had

Southend Eastern. Present amongst the spec-

tators were the Chief Constable and Deputy Chief Constable. The prizes were presented by the Chief Constable to the win- ning teams. The competition was organised and supervised bv the members of the Force

STRONG \wirn~ning by the policewomen's l i f t . wving team. incl~ttling ;I l minute rep1;rcerilent. Christine John\ori, carned thcm ;r he\t ever- \ixth pljrcc in the National t ilials 1 hts 111onth.

Al'tcr pl;rcing \ixth In thc southern area climi~lating con- test this was far hett-r than zorlltl have been expected. The team consisted of Lorna Brooks, Diane Lewis. Maureen Kidd and Christine Johnuon.

locked Kennedy a i d he Was under observation. The area where Kennedy was lodging was badly lighted ;Ind when a man was seen, Sergeant Mattin- Son Was Sent to question

Training School and valuahle assistance was provided hy the Cadet School.

Results 1st team: Harlow; 2, Clacton.

3, Chelmsford; 4, Basildon: 5 , Traffic; 6. Colchester; 7, Staff; 8, Southend West; 9. Regional Criine Squad: 10, Southend East: I I . Gravs.

Sergeant Matt inson grappled with him at once and as he did so heard the weapon click. His shouts brought hclp and Kennedy was arrested, the Sergeant falling i n a dead faint at his escape from deattl. Upon the pistol 'be- ing examined i t was founcl to have jammed with a hullet partly up the barrel.

him. H, the man

a s Kennedy and closed with him at once but Kenned~ produced a pist(>l from his ptxket and held it at the Sergeant's ribs saying, "Stand back, Bill, or 1'11 shoot you."

Fill1 statement Kcnnedy was brought

to London and when

niitted and he told- that although he had not shot the policeman he was f

there. Mrs. Kennedy said she would wait fo; him and advised him to tell the truth.

He made a long state- ment giving details of the murder, showing that the Constable had stopped them by tlashing his lamp and after questioning them had been about to write down details when Browne had shot him.

The Constable staggered back and fell, Kennedy stated. Browne got out and walked over to him say- ing, "I'll finish the bug- gcr."

Bending down he shot the Constable through cach of his eyes which were open, saying, "What ,are you looking at me like that for?"

Kennedy now appeared in court and was re- manded for the theft of a car and on 6th February both he and Browne were charged with murder.

When charged Browne replied, "It is absurd."

Statement disputed

Inevitably when the committal proceedings took place Kennedy's statement, or the circunr- stances under which it was taken, were disputed by the defence. But it went in and when the trial came up in April both were found guilty.

The prosecution CO

put the accused at scene of the cri Through Mr. R Churchill, ballistics expert, they could say that the gun recovered from Browne's car upon his arrest was the one with which the Constable . had been shot. The cartridge case found in l i r . Lovell's car had also been fired from this gun.

Argument centred, ther- fore, on whether it was Brownc who had fired the shots. The jury, after over two hours, decided that he had.

I m t h sentence passed. Both appe without success and the morning of May 1928, Kennedy was exe- cuted in Wandsworth and Browne at Pentonville.

Two chances had the police to them. F a man employed at garage at Clapham Junc- tion had been arrested for drunkenness bringing the garage to the notice of the police. Then Browne and the informant at Sheffield were involved in a minor road accident in that City.

The informant gave his correct name and address but Browne gave false de- tails. Routine enquiries following this led the police to question the in- formant who, in effect, put Brownc in the dock.

So ended n long and notorious case which even involved dramatist George Bernard Shaw in acri~noni- ous correspondence with the papcrs because of his opinions that such as Browne and Kcnnedy \hould not hang.

And, of coursc, now- ;iclays hey don't.

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