Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

DENIALS.
or·: considerable

intQrest to owners

.h£!ard .~ at: ' Reafling . Borouglt
on Sa.t\lroay, ? ,he n it r: wa~
dog; whioh was .t.ated to' be "
beon- poppercd.
66, . Essex Streot ,
to a dog by throw.
not guilty:
• labourer, 64, Spring'
",emt.

on- April

1,,~~~~t:;~~I:;t-=

h".rtilv':-T i!:

4th he

house and asked h er by whilt
do~ained his dog. She repli o,l, "r
want tho dog; I should be pleaso<l to
. 10050." Sho came to , tho door aft er
~:'I::-';I '", p''"tlxl knocking.
Dofendant, who had
. ng .to him from th ~ wi lHlow,
t wi t ness's dog. whic h was Il
fox: terrier.
Witnes..:; not iced

r.opper on the dog's faco and nock. Asked
.f she h ad thrown pepper at tho dog, do-

f~nda.nt replied,

told' mo to."
IPepper nppeared \0Mvbe husha.nd
in t ho pass.ge of tho
o

llou~ •.

t~o

and

'u

defondant roLuBcd to . o.l1ow

hini in the passago to oxamil1c it.

8ho Raid,

You aTe. not coming into my h ouse."
Witness then "aid he would report tho mntll' t
to tho R.B.p.e.A. , nnd she! ropl ied, I dnn't
care what you do. If I cR,t ch him (tho dog)
roun'd h e ro I ehnlI give hi~ caycnno p CPIH!r,"
.. dog's, -dyes and n080 w ero l'llnnin,g , ftnd
v.e ry nervous, It shoolt it.~df :l nd
,vhen' it was ohained un: it llla(ln
no noiso, howover, whon it ...... 3.s· b rought t.'l
him.,By tho. mdgi stratcs: Witncss s melt P OllP (, l'.

STEIN has
ebo should
held at the

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Poor Chil
R eading

28 , h .
I
of

i AN ' ALLEGED , NUISAt\CE.
two
your
B.v defend.n.t: Her I(defend.nl.' , ) 'O il h aJ
which
,oomplain! )yere little not cautioned hil~ a1>but the d og bcin~ 11
h.lf """'oua. I will taka it: upon nuisance.
Defondn.nt: Mr. Wheeler is not t e:l!i ng- lim
~o say .th8.t they wore just mea..nt 8.1!
a reminder that hOI too, is inoM.n.l. · Tho re- truth.
miDd.er· was needed-and it has been wholly . !"frs, Wheel ~ r, who took tho dog h o m~ .
881(1 she found p e pper on thQ hend fi f lho
diJr~K'arc3ed. "
'.
animal, betweon tho oars. Wi t n osa told M1',"'.
Middi'ooon thnt she ought t o bo ashnmNI of
herselr for p epperin ~ the d og, 1111(1 d0fl'l1f/:t ll t
said her husb.nd told h er to do so. D,·r"llrl.

A PUPPY ·STORY ..

•

ant also s(];id it was the dirtiost d orr in tho
street, and witness snid it WM no w onr sc than
oth~r dogs. Witness .ohnino.d the d0.ll. uP. nne!
all tho aftern oon It kept worrYlIlg find
eha.kin·!l its.el£ .
I
Inspector B\1nifn ~c , R,S .p.e. A .. who ILr.
little rived at ,M r. WhcclN'g hOl l~ O at eight o'clock.
etB.tcd that he fou!l<) tho dil?htcst dU:'Itin,l! of
ordinary pepper on tho dog'.~ hend. 'l'ho
'o.niine.l·s eye~ were running CL littlo, nnd tho

- DEFENDANT:S EXCUSE NOT
". . A.CC,EPTED.
.

- '

/

membrane

or

tho eyes wns red nnel inflamed,

On April 6th witness gnW th o dcfcndllllt. wh()
8~id, If Tho truth of tho mattor jf!, thnt tho
d~F. is a oomplcto nuisancG around h e re."
Wltnoas asked . her who put the prll il c r on
the dog's hcf'.c, R.nd sh o Mid , If I d()Il'~
know." Witn o~s [lsoertaincd from d ofond:mt
that a little girl wa.'J in tho h ou se at the timo
the do.'r wns alloged to hnve been peppered,
Tho ~irl was cnlled, nn<l s.ho· snid, H I did not
see the d og j I was in the kilch(m." \Vitn o.~.'1
then sa!(L U You .p('ppercd tho d og, " Sho
r e plied, "It wa.s not. m o ; it vms S OTll~o n (\
else/'
Witness romin~icd d efendant tha t
thera
n o 0110 olsl1 in the hOlls o e:s: cf'pt
tb.o·
girl. and said, H I-low d o Y OII
tho popp p.r on th fl <l ng' s h'patl
, She replied, "I don't know;
have rolled itL it." Dl,ff'll1Iunt
im a patch o f l) Orpf' r lyin g on

Dunl,
£24

ing,

the
twoon
strong

AU

lot.tor to

.p8.rt! culllr~

!

tion . .

,
I

tho Cl'!ntre of the p onpl'r WI'l'O

of tho do Q'. and ilL fr nnt I~
whoTo thn dog' .,; no.- o wOllld
·Thor-o wn..'3' a sjJrinklill,l( or Jlf' !lJlPI' on
stonework of the . gate. Def.mrlnnt t,h0. 1\
ber hus band did not t e ll her to p UJl){e r
dog. ..
~

" A SEVERE CR()SS·EXAYfTN,\TION."
The, _ch:\irmntl: You appare nt.ly }lut tho
defenda.nt un<ler a. 8 r'\V{! I'~ cro~s· (~ 'Xnmillat.ion.
p~fendnnt- . on od.h. Mid tho clOt:{ W<l -'~ n
n.u isance, She sprinkled some wh ite p . . ppc-r
tht) doorw l~v Ilnd passar;-e. It Wfl.-S n ot \'C'l' y
mudl: s h e did n ot think ' tb e l'c wn.s loz, in

tho tin . . Wit.ne., left tho ,1001' on rn for I",,·

husbnncL

The wind c1o.'1cd the ~Joo r,

\V it·
dow II·
dniJ·s to IU19wer the door.( Mr. \Vhce}cr wn:-l
there.
HB r()(u~d to como in . \Viln ('s.:;
fou"d the do~. in th o lobb~ nc~r th o POPIJrl·.
Tho -do~ ha.d bel:'n ' t,rnmplm ~ ttl' t h e p C)lJwr.
She did not put P"'Pper o'n·lh o ~loor . And !l-hA

ness then heard n knock

1\11(\

('1'11110

did' not Im ow the dog was in the hou.;o until
Mr. Wheel" , called. She:.donieu .. ,·i n ~ th,t
h or husband told h er to' p" pp er the dog .
Sho did not

.sec allV

pepner on tIw (l ng

W}, " H

oh. handed it 1.0 Mr.' Whoel"r.

She wonld
~ot be 80 .unk iQd to the a~!mal 8s t9 pe p pe l'
.t. : ,
.,
-.
';I'hp r.hAirma n SA.i~l. hkiht;( overy thing into

consideration, they 'thought l there was not
81lffi.oient evidence
dis-miss / tl1e case.

to oonvict, and (~h ov
I

waukl

"

A LADY'Si WI,LL,
. M fs. Rol8. Ann Mitchell, of Spinncl'f~
Walk, Now Windsor, whoso dea.th occurrc(1
on tho 16th }'ebruary, has le Ct property of
the value. of £9,112 60. &I. gro", and £~,681
17., 9d: net. Mr. Edwin Hnbert Donce, of
"357,- LOndon Rood, Thornton H ea.th, Surfcy
C..rohiteoO), i her nephow, ' nnd Mr. William

Ca.rte.r" 0( \ ~uffolk
tho executors,

Lodge, New \,yindsor, nro
~

By her will, dated ,ho':2nd F ebruary, 1909,
with one codioil, testatrix. leaves £100 to
Florence Fty, £100 ·t o . Thoma.s JameS: Danco,
£roo to Edwin Hubert Daneo, ' £12(J t<l Ern est
Da.noor

£lar to Willia.m Dance, £3S0 to E lle H

Hawkul'; £250 to · Mary tonn Fry ; £80 aurl
Nos. 4 and 5,.Spi1IDers \Walk. to Ernest awl
I sabell" Fry, jointly.; £25'! oaoh to ti, e OXO"l<tors; £l()() to · King Edwar(l VIT. H otpit.l
Fund; .£1()() to . Mary A. , Linwood ; £200 to

}"'lorenoe ,Jackson'; and , ~O to Lll l1m Hem·
~he residoo of her praporty , ho
mingo
,homas,' EmcsV, a.nd William Dflll(,~,
Elle,! H ,,'klJjo, Mary ' Ann Fry. EdwlIl .
D~nce, V.16r'ln~e Jack80ij. nnd Laura Homm.LDg.~ eq~alll' .~
;

l(,fLv65 to

aiid:,.PubIiBhe<l ' 'by

the

Re&ding
their .

N"wI", •• uer_ Company,: Limited, at

f7, . and

19,

Valpy

Street,

A~rii 22, 1914.

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