Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

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LADj"· OYCLIST AS~AULTED .

'~'Uil,iIit""'~tlii!~,e,'

• tran·g<l bei:::nr loi .. " Readi ng
ntwD'6d IWhert Jarvjs,
who
an unprovok.e.~. B.Bsnolt upon So
on the Bat'Ii··, Ito.a d, ra<>cd
'bicycle, ' .00 ' ""... ul ted ' p.. C.
overtaken by that o m~cr,

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on
_~," I: '~~iJ;:;::J~~j ' Rel><lmg
J. H. , County
Gould, BEench
sq. (in
W. M. Colebrook , E sq.
chargoo with """o.ultin g
&

widow, of

W est

E nd

M ..tl;ingl•• y; with assaulting P .C.
the exe cution of hi.
further, with doini damage
of 7., 6d. to h iB cell.
plel><led guilty.
TempI. stated t hat on Sundl'.Y
she

WB.S

cyding along the D a. th

the dir<>etion of Reading

with

some friends.
At Ca}cot ' the y atopped
to ' light thoir . Io.mps.
Witnest! Btood on

the- ·footpath holding her bicyciQ when
the prisoner rodo acros, 'to he r on h iB
bioycle, and d~hberately struok her in'
the fa.ee.
Her, nooe bled, and h er no s.
and face W<lXe very sore that morning.
travelled a8 . PHsOner said n othing and rod e away.
the P.C. Lyford and a friend on
b ic vc ' eB
not soon the woman .w,,'nt~ after the ,Prison.,r.
Witness' did
Mrs. La.nsdale, hn.v- not know the 'PrIsoner, and knew of no
r.,,,,,on ....hy he should have 'DoSs nul le d her.
Walter Fincher, of 24 , Uppe r Crown

'L:. t~l6;'~
.,

her at Wolver/tampton
in ' .. laundry.
The
. wi'iting; 1W<l' d id ..00
(produced).
:
nwr.gi*tr'M.oM retired, and op their
the ohairma~ said they

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evidence wh!eh

not that given . by

defel~d ..nt, whQ had shown ..

cal!ou6ne88.
f;1he would
six weeks' imprisonment.
the' m ..n would be di..

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T·h "

CMe

missed,
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WHAT A

~EADING LITERARY

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SOClETY.
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8treet,. Readinll, who, with Ills wifo,
oYfling with Mrs. T e mple, told tho com t
t1!.t .he did not ll.CtuaUy see th e a..... ·n ult,
lIut he heru:d the craBh of the blow.
Mr's.. Temple Bai(l "Oh! h e 'e hit mo."
·Witness . went, with tho oonBtable, after
the prisoner.
Erqlily., F:incher,. wife of the lase wit.
ness, .eo.ld , ~he prtsoner rode ofT ...., fast
... he eou!]d after the ' ,,"sault.

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THE NEW PRESIDENT.

CONSTABLE

P. C. Lyford ' etated
prisoner cycling from
PriBoner '
.Th.eaJ.&.
a<lrOB8 to Mrs. Ternp'(l

SAW.

th at he . ilw Lho
th e dif(;(!tio n of
d e libe ratel y rod"
from the fur side

of the road. ahd seemed to . , krl oclr he r
WrtJ)iESB, who ' wa.'i some: di9 ~
tanee from them, saw th e pri.;; o llc r'a
·.hand go out ae he reac h e d M m. T elll pIc.
, was P.l'iooner did T not fall from h is mnchi liD
of but rode off. . as quickly fl.s h e c(IIlId:
'( We. had ara.re ra.cc, ·' said witness. "M.r.
'Fincher followed up b(l11lnu, rH~ (l wh en
we got uP' to' him at Cn.l{'o t Pll.rk pri l:loller :: was spent.
Priiwl1 cr r.c iw:e<i to
go back.
He seeme d to be liko a. man

ftying! .'

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. TEA. .•

out of his wits.

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nose,
He struck mc 0. sw in ging blow n,s
hard ... he could, w:J.kin g my nosG
h1«'od."
Ha:yW8.cQ. Mr. BrY,a n,
Witness eXI)lained that as lI e cou ld ~ o~

lief.ndan!. were
. talking angrily ahout ·th" - child.
.if- she got into any .trouble
what she hl><l done sloe . would

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Th en ho to ok me un •

BW&res a.nd landed m e two bl o \H,~ 011 tho

.

RIR. F. CkIs:P.'S,:GARDEl'fe.

and 80 ' t'~ Ameri.ca,

and

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he

' . Llkeman (hon, &ecre· persuad-e pris oner to g o b ack he arres tof>d

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him.
On arr.iv a l at t he 8n.te w~y o f tho
"Yes, yo~ go, 'and I'll ~fol")'"
report. eJated that~ 1913, ?r 34th!i police station prisoner struck him thrco
you . " ·About .. w~k later
wa.s Ule.u~ra~ wdh a auooessfu -t :moo.
As they "got nea.r tho d . tI
said 8h" had }lad ' a lotter ·co,nyie"!&Z,iOJle.
Durmg the year tho prooeed.
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00 1
'6
.
ipto ,4 oottage
had been in ..orne respecte prll~oner slammed It,. WItness . open ed
intereiting. After refer. the door, : a.nd the p.n-so.ner, 8eJ ~IIlH the
6h'er1It!l111Ptpr\,, "
Bhe" , said

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made
h,m' III
thc nght
eye,
'tho during
dQa.tM opportunity,
~!1J-i8iDg hiB struck
eyebrow.
Priwne
r
blind~!~ml~cl:S of th' eit .h im . 'for a moment and tried to' gd
whb ..way.
'I'ooy B\rugg:ed on tbe grourid,
who but wi·th Msistance witness got him illl. '
side.
Prisoner wa.s more mad thAn
drunk j he could walk and r ide perfec tly
w<lll. Ho had been ""inking, hut w.. s nob
really drunk.
The d cputy..,bj.ef constabLe , S uperin·
tendent Robotbam. said the pri sone r hn.cl
cut some ' of tlie ~tone work tloud wO<..K.l·
wor]c a.way in th~ <!cll, whil e . h OI had a l60
damaged th.. seat of the cell .
Pr'ounc r
mllst .have used grc",t violenco,
Prisoner, an inoff-ensiv e looking young
mo.n, (lxpreBeed hi" regret fo r the . as·

M.<rarel,t_

6Mllt, aild 'said he had no r ecoll cct1<>n or
t.ho o.ff'u.ir.
He hn.d been in the PoBi;
moo 17 years, during which tim.e he
ha..d never had tI. thing brought again st

him.
m-ent,

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He had just had a little' r efrooh·
Ilnd very t)ooa

it got un in

oth or

hi9

not go t it,
"".0 tl'ied

idea of

Jrto"d y

Mr. Jaom-es Freeman, S" CaliOU.e Strt e t .

Iseeing the

prisoller

giTe the constable three swinging bl ows.
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Pri80ner W88 the ,vorOO for drink, Bnd
~ ..id niost. stUi>~d tiling..
W i tne ss camo
~::~:.:~~,~.
..id· he ~ad mto Readmg WIth them becau"" he wan·
set
during the ted to sec fair play "
retirIng prosident · (ap·
The magiStrates "aid it was VNy good
Mr. Freeman'" part 'to do so.
wal re~eleciec. M
hon.
Edward John LikemlW as
GIVEN UP BY DOCTORS.
'oordial tribute: ~ing pdd
Mr. Joseph T . Colle, iD<lpector of p<l6t•
• ervicoo 9n ' behalf , of '
men, ' ssid theJrisoner had bee" employed o.t the Re ing P"Bt Office for 17

on

yea.rs, and was one of the finest men ba

had. He had always borne a good '
oharacter, Wi~ness h a d be en under the
improosion that he Iwns " teeLot",ller, ..nd
he .c ould not &C,c'oun t for ' the outburst
except for the fact . that at times he ap- .
p ea.red to be .. .Iittle hmny.
About 15
monthe ago he WIl6 , very ""piously ~i i l, and
had to undergo an

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opera.tion, ' and

the

d<;ictors go.ve him UP) his ~ase' had been
d<iscribed as a myotery, Smoe thOD he
had done his work '. s atisfactorily.
Pr~'
eoner, who ha.d an absolutely c:ean re'
cord, wae 1mBl1fiea. He had been forbidden to cyCle on duty.
The Bench, after a lengthy private d",
liboration, fined ' the prisoner £1 and 5••
6d . COSOO or 14 days for the MSl>ult on
Mrs. Temple; £5 and 55, (!d. costs or on"
,.. ••~,,-". month for the assau It on P . C. Lyford;
and lOs" the damagee, 7s. Bd" and 7...
6d. coote
14 days for the c1B1lU'g<l to
oe11-£7 16•. in all. .
,
The chairman sa.id it was a moot .lil'UtoJ
arid aggravate,d. """o.ult, and had It no!>
beep fOr his 1l00d character he would
bave be.e n Bent to prfaon without . th4
option of .. fine .
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P.riBon was . given 0. week in which fI()
pay:
. I

or

{fIlY

for flw in Q
elaug htm· .
.pbilll y,1O

head. He did not have a lot of r efre-, ll·
went.
Mr. Fincher, recu,[ed, said when over~
taken by
witn"", and P.C. Lyford
the prisoner &ald to tho ()ffi.ccl', II I hn.ve
seen th<l likes of you before."
,
Reading, BIlOke to

iu

h orso,
II l 'g ll orn
such W n.H
missio!l of

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