On this day in south west Hertfordshire
Words which a woman passenger on a bus was alleged to have used in the hearing of other passengers and the conductress were written down on paper and handed to the Bench at Watford magistrates Court on Tuesday.
VH, of Riverside Road, Watford, was fined £1, with £2 7s 8d costs, for using obscene language on the bus.
[From the Watford Observer of October 19, 1956]
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