Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

wore sworn on the g rand
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~ ·· ·:-:"·""C~. W. Avis, W. H . n.sed cn, A .

. ·Bi,hop. H . K . B urney, W.
V . Ballard. J . B rngg, f C,,)·
D avil!!! , J . C. Fidler. I S. S.
w. J . Grant, J . L. H a,wk ins ,
R: C .. Hay tor. W . S Bteve lUl ,{fE. J. V e ll~

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GRAND JURY TO GO ON .

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or, . tn charging the grnu(1 j u ry.
bemg
close t ouch with M r m hf'rfl

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.of Parliament ho was s orrv t o find tha t Lito
reform recommended In the r opor t of tho
ROYBl Comml .. ion (for the abolil on 101 tho
Errand
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system). could n.o t, unfor t.una lA'ly,

out thiS year, becauso t.he 1111'
'1:,ar •• &OOo[lt h ad no tim o in tho p rr. ·
attend to 8uch m attera . In
to <:om o bC'fore l h rm that
h ad admitted hi, gllOlt. "nel
cases the inst 'ce6 ought t l) h:\"1)
summar.y p owers. " It was 0. mn. tt(' r of ('O il ,
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R'r ntylat.l0n that in that ~ grf' nt bnrnugh _
whioh had now mOre than tw ico UII,\ PO!1 ll l ll '

tion it ha.d when his lamentRd prf' r/f'!(,ps: . . or

nOlle. Pcisoner
dera'
p ....g.
arriTed.
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P,isoller said ·he CBme to town to 0.0 hi.
oW!litbo~rt, and .m eeting B member of hi..
old r eglment, W&S p ersuaded , alter res:Bting
the temptation. :10 hloTe a d rink, Bnd ho
kne w nothing more until be found himsolf
il) th~ cen .
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TRYI ~G '!O GO STRAIGHT.
Prisol)er, . it tr&.n!pired, WBS put . -unde r
proba.ti~1?- for. two yeare in October, 1!h2.
Tho Pl'oba.tl0n .officor, Mr. Burbidge. sa id
the _prisoner had ..~ 8uooroke in IndIa, and
when lie ':left the drink 'alone h. wa. a w ell~
oonducted younl!: follow . He bad tried to
l ead~

a. b ottM' life einco he had b een

und ~r

proba1ion.
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Prisoner was emi.t to prlson for o ne m onth
on each , oharge, to- r'm ooncurrently.
The B enon, . aid the chairman, wished to
compiiment 'the witness ·Toovey. who camo
lorward on behalf 01, the ~ constable in the
orowdod thoroughfare, and Mr. F orbes, w'ho
also did & cit::r.en's duty.
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A r ising

the p..iooner, who said h o
the p aroel ' back to his
put it in the wrODIl van.
Mr. Tucker's. Witness
" Q'VV"~ "_ d cliv""oo to Mr. Tucker,
d eliver it.
Witness
in the street he
and t ried to """ape.
8aid,....I~ am
limo. ",Y nea,l'd
hoen missed. It
bean
.the e triploy of a
butcher lor two rnonthe. A -. numbe r or
paMel. h ad b aen . tolen from carriers' va!\t.
Pri. dner', fath er could n ot account for b ••
exti,)m~bd ~Qn'. I).,haviour. Of I.RI<>. bowe.er, ho had
come home lat e at Dlgbt.
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Pr 'Boner was put cn probation for two
yoars : 1

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TOO LAZY TO· WORK.

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Ceoil Fender, of ilo~ fi xed Bbode.
oharged ' at R eading on Mondar. with
ing £1 belOOlg ing to Arthur Gd ...
"f Wallingfoid, on March 28th .
Arthur Bclton.~· 15 . · Ormsby Street. man~
.. g~r at · the St.&r T ... Oomp&ny'. Star...
B ro'ld St reet, . oaid he aent the prisoner to
Mr; Gile., the ourier at .The White Hart.
with .. box:. of grocery, value n •. 76d., lor
which he. was to oollect the monoy. Prison·
ee did 'not r etura; ' &nd w itness .Dext B&W him
in cu..tody ~
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Thome. j dn ... in the. employ o(Mr. ·G iI':'.
eaid the · ~ . ol g~OOOfY. .W'" for ~, Barker.
oi Streatle~. 'and. it ....~ brought to · tbe Tan
~1 4thii p risoner ··on thc\·_ a.fternoon , of. M arch
2(ltb.
WitJle••~ h'ad- no chi.nge with which
to pay for the gOOds, a.nd gave the prisocner
.. ,!?vo....ign ~to oh"""~ -I't tho 8~0". Pri80ner
left th~ ~ruok. . Witrt... WlUted for " three
quarte1'8 of jlan hour, and 86 the prieope~ a id
not appear witne;;;' went to the Star T ea
Company' , Stereo.
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,," liARD .UP."

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midnight on Satul'd&y, prio·
was .bard uP. and COUld not

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w ho arre8t'ed

'. ~iooner- bad

ot thtl pr evious

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of it.

THEFT
OF A SOVE'kEIGN
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Leeko. 6. St. Saviour'. R oad. W I\8 charged
witli obstructing P .C. Speak, while in the
execution 'of hi • .duly.
. P .C . Speak • . said the priscner look h old
of biB arm and tr:pd to pull him away whon
be wont 10 tho assislaD.Oo 01 P.O. T oovoy.
John Ellard. of Oxfofd ltoad, corr oborated.
P risoner . aid he w"'! drunk and !lId not
know what ho. was d oilll/ at tho.· ·tim •.
Pris onor oalled John Gent, ' m ocha.n ic, 48,
South Street. who , .. i9 . Leoko. I,ke himoelf,
was in th e crowd; and . could not get out

leo 2<1.

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Mr. , J . O. Griffih, was ap p o 'n tl"l - t,h or~
should be .only two prison c r.~ [or t l'lnl, nnd
thoBe on m inor char g es.

A MEAN THIEF .
Harry J ones, 35, miner , WElS ind l r ll d' for
stealing o n the 3ht Decembor, 1913 ,It

Reading, la. 4ll., tho m oneys of Wlil ,ln.
Grant: and o~ thA same day with Att· .. lm!.{
69" the mon.eye of ' E llen
K m g ht.
Ji ll
deniod the oh atg e.
Mr . Wintertiotham p roS(lC'ut('o .
The ex idonoe on th e first ch arlrf: shOWN)
thl\t Tl r i~onor ) ask ed ~r., G rant. W,f1) ( If
IBbourar , of 91, C nrdl gan Ro,ui. R f'll d ing-.
for lodgings for t.., o en g hw r>r~ w h o w nu ht
p ay 141'1. I J\ wee k cacho
H f'fLrin g It 11 0 f:O
ifben in ~tho ikullery . • ho r eturned to tho
klt.ch en, A-nd sa w pri 90nel." fi tandin (~
tll G
0"p e n c upboard , with h e r !lur sp. 'O rcn, rl11
the Aoor.
~ho re were th refl hn.1f, p(,llni(lR
near it. but the re st of th C" m OTl Py WM g'on(>
She gave him somo sou p, Ilml 1m WI' lI t
away Baying h o was go in ~ to Tw yfOi d .
Whe n ar re-stcd b v D ,S. Waltf'foS, h e Mi d
"ThIlt.'fII righ t: only I s 4d.
I wUih It 11U11
been 14 I quid. I JI
Th a pri.c:oner . on oat.h, said h('l n ('VCr m('n·
t ionod Tw yfor.a to !\1fT!'!. n rnnt. . h ut wsd ki"fl
t o Nowbury. ' IIo had £3 '10, 0<1. of h "
ow n money .
J onM WI\S r:nn vidNl on t.1H'I Arf\t cli n. r !",' ·
h e plr ad ed not A:ll dty to th~ R('~o!J(l II!!·
fllcts in
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wero simil nr, th 0. prO'H'(,ll
tor's
Kn 'ght, of 14
fill!" '"
R oad ,
. b Cl nj;f th ~ pril1 (' i p nl \\
fou nd gllill.
put in n l i ~ t or ] 2 Jlll'\' l •
con
A.<Ided t h"t th crA '" (I r r ' r ' f
other warrants out aga i n~ t th~ P!i'<ol1(,' r ,
like offences.
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Th o lcn.rn cd Rccord cT. tn k 'ng th,. ~(' f .
into considcTation . p n ~s('() e€'n t(,l1 Cf' of tI.
yea u' penal \Servit ude on (H\('h inflwinl
th e sonwnC'C B to run concur rf' J\ t l".

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Witnesa was , thore n-oarly aU the
ICme, and d id not 500 pri""no. touch the
offi cer , ' 'Thore WAS a orowd of · e...bout 1,000.
, P .C. S peak • •• ,.rted Ihat aboul 10 or 12
people woro p.ushing against th~ police all
the time.
A WORTHLESS Y(){ fTlf.
Mr. V inoent, prisoner'6 employer, ga.vs
R iohard Cha.rles E VA-n.", lA gr oom, \\ H
him 8 «6od oharact er . .
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'rh is h oin,g priBone r's £i ret; ofienco. he w aR ch ar~ed w ith , on thp. 24th Fr.bru!lry llu;l , li t
fin ed IO!'!. and C)()!Jts: with 8Jl nlt6rna tive of Rea<i mg. having ~ tol (> n 5 ~. lei " thp m OI1 (>\ <1
o[ the Rt1 lldinq GilI' Comp anv. nn fl 1"1C' IH!" ti
14 d ays' impr i 50l1~01lt. '
g u ilt y. ~fr , Dav id D ey's was br i('ft d fo1' thl)
p rosecution.
D S. Walton~ ~nid that tho pr i ~(m('r had
been ()onvidoo ofr n Rirnil nr offon~o I I\~ h
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ve n.r, a.nd bon nd over ro ~ n vPar
I·T(' hrul
hnd Eleven..! eitu n. tinn fl , but n (' v~ r ~taY f'd 1rm.r: ,
THE FUNERAL.
H o woul d not work, an d mi x('~ wi tll l)IId
-comnaruons, oftrm ' stayin g ou t, (\11 n l a;ht
Tbo ' f\lner,(J 01 the Rev .. G. J . Thorn.. ,
Th l) Cour t ord prp. rl th a t F. "all~ h(> rl n.
formerly : Vicai of Hackfi eld, wh" died at tai ned in 8 B or stal iWltitution for two yl'nl'A.
Readio!r on April 1st. took place at Re ad~
ing .Celil.tery on Frjday. thE> ' liMt ,.pari of
thE> ser vi~ bein!!. h eld at _St. Gile,' Ohurch.
The .Rev, ·M.
Friend. n:..iated by th e
vlca-r ··(the Rev. F . J. rC . Gillmor) eond uc t C"d
the aervioe.
1;h't' remalna were interred in
To tlHl ,Editor of th e II Ch To ni C'le ."
brio~ vault where Ii... h U! wife, who was
Sir.-Herewith I be ~ to e.lc1 ooe coPy or
dit.ulllitei of' the late Dr. F . A. Bulloy,
r esolution lu na.nimously pasac<1 hy t h"
.R • ..amg, and , ths oply child.
The ohie f m oUrners were Mra, Thomas Gen.ern.l COuncil of this B6socls t io n Ins t
evening.
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and ' $6;";- M r. ·Daniels. the Rev. A . C. P ill'
Yours faithfully
M r n. M I\'. lJ. Kaines. Mr . V . Bulle:v. Mrl !
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J(RTHUR S. BROWN .
S. A. B. B ennett (Christ Chu~ch) . Mr. W .
April 4th, 1914.
R L oxley. Mi", ' P .. rli~m , Miss Hammond.
Mi.s.a Cad er, Mi8s MasOn Mr I L.
K yJo,
.,,, That this G eneral COWleil of tha
Mr. G . E . . B. Rog.. r., and . Mr . Turner .
Among- thOse present were Colonel H orace Reading Liberal AssooiatlOn strongly llr o~
Walpole (Heckfield); the "Vicar of H eckfiAld teRts agn.ins t It he recent a c tion of ce rta in
(the R ev. E. C. S o ,eo)"), the Vica': .of M .. t~ officers of ili~ Army , in their e nd eavo ur to
ting Joy (the' n ev. H . G. ' Dawson) . t he V'ica.r extra.ct cond itions of sc.r viee from t ll o
01 W est Chobh:im (the R ev. M . Robbin. ), G overnme nt, prompted b y their dMi re t o
tho Rov. C. S . :rurner and Mre. Turner Ilullify legislation whieh h as been de te .··
-(Beech Hill) . Mr. W . J. J ame s (church~ m ined on by the colUltry, a nd h as rccel vcd
warden, H ookfiold) , M r. W Bortletl (Hock, the sanction of Parliam e nt.
and Mr, and Mrs . J. R . Cook.
)
I ( The
council re ga.rds t he d octrines
tributes wf're ' &ent from Evelyn en unci ..ted I)y the COll6arvafivo ,pl\rty ; n
Cha.rles,' G eo1"~o. this mat ter &8 utterly subver s.ve . a like of
Vidor
Bullev.
F.vel'l'n Reynold. , oonstitutional freedom & lId pullliD &ec ur~
Edith ' E . ' Daniel, ; Ity, and looks tn t he G<lvernme nt so to act
A .. Pinhorn M to preserve unim paired tho conetitu·
Par b&m ;) lJo nal rights of the people of this coun t ry
h B.ve their J laws &ettloo for them in Pl\ f !,i.!ot,t 'C'on'imt f H enrY,

LATE REV. G. J. THOMAS·

THE RADICAL CRY.

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. Louisa liament with~ut any military i,nterf.erf'ncc _
I 'I The Gene r n.l Council dec lares its unwl\vering loyalty t o the Prim e M ini ster.
{vishee him .every Ru ocess in his cl},m p l\~g ll
ip. E ast Fife, a.nd lQoks w ith unaba ted CQIIlidenee to him to gui de t he country
through the ' d ifficulties o f the m ome nt
llreat&d
;t:he m;'pat riot ic conduct o f thOl
by the R eading
N "WISp"j)<' f l Company, Limi ted. at tb ei,
aDd 19, VaJpy Stroot,
April ,8 th. 1914.

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