This section looks at the various crimes, big or small, that have occurred in Hertfordshire, and our reactions to them.
500 guineas reward
Attempted arson in Bishops Stortford
Last highwayman hung in Hemel Hempstead
The last man convicted of highway robbery executed in 1802
Murder by poisoning
John Carrington's Diary, 1800
Murder or suicide
Earl of Essex, 1683
The Hertford Horror
Shameful murder in the heart of Hertford
Thomas Simmons
awaiting trial in Hertford Gaol
Witchcraft
Confession of Thomas Colley