London (England) -- Social conditions; Poor -- England -- London
Glasgow Central Police Court. Before Bailie Dunlop. Edward Morrison, a
lad, convicted of stealing fifteen pears from a lorry at the railroad
station. Seven days.
Doncaster Borough Police Court. Before Alderman Clark and other
magistrates. James M’Gowan, charged under the Poaching Prevention Act
with being found in possession of poaching implements and a number of
rabbits. Fined £2 and costs, or one month.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court. Before Sheriff Gillespie. John Young, a
pit-head worker, pleaded guilty to assaulting Alexander Storrar by
beating him about the head and body with his fists, throwing him on the
ground, and also striking him with a pit prop. Fined £1.
Kirkcaldy Police Court. Before Bailie Dishart. Simon Walker pleaded
guilty to assaulting a man by striking and knocking him down. It was an
unprovoked assault, and the magistrate described the accused as a
perfect danger to the community. Fined 30s.
Mansfield Police Court. Before the Mayor, Messrs. F. J. Turner, J.
Whitaker, F. Tidsbury, E. Holmes, and Dr. R. Nesbitt. Joseph Jackson,
charged with assaulting Charles Nunn. Without any provocation,
defendant struck the complainant a violent blow in the face, knocking
him down, and then kicked him on the side of the head. He was rendered
unconscious, and he remained under medical treatment for a fortnight.
Fined 21s.
Perth Sheriff Court. Before Sheriff Sym. David Mitchell, charged with
poaching. There were two previous convictions, the last being three
years ago. The sheriff was asked to deal leniently with Mitchell, who
was sixty-two years of age, and who offered no resistance to the
gamekeeper. Four months.
Dundee Sheriff Court. Before Hon. Sheriff-Substitute R. C. Walker. John
Murray, Donald Craig, and James Parkes, charged with poaching. Craig
and Parkes fined £1 each or fourteen days; Murray, £5 or one month.
Reading Borough Police Court. Before Messrs. W. B. Monck, F. B.
Parfitt, H. M. Wallis, and G. Gillagan. Alfred Masters, aged sixteen,
charged with sleeping out on a waste piece of ground and having no
visible means of subsistence. Seven days.
Salisbury City Petty Sessions. Before the Mayor, Messrs. C. Hoskins, G.
Fullford, E. Alexander, and W. Marlow. James Moore, charged with
stealing a pair of boots from outside a shop. Twenty-one days.
Horncastle Police Court. Before the Rev. W. F. Massingberd, the Rev. J.
Graham, and Mr. N. Lucas Calcraft. George Brackenbury, a young
labourer, convicted of what the magistrates characterised as an
altogether unprovoked and brutal assault upon James Sargeant Foster, a
man over seventy years of age. Fined £1 and 5s. 6d. costs.
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