Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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READING CLUBS INj FRIE
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TUESDAY'TB,e~o~e
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Chllir), C. E. )Jewett, W . H . SmIth, all'll W . M. ,
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Joseph D~cker, South Camp, Aldershot, was
charged on bis own conJession with being an ab, sentee,' from ,'~he 9th Battalion Rifte Brigade since
}'ebruury ZS\h. "
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P.C. Hedges 'stated that prisoner came up.to him
and infonne4 Jllm that he was an absentee witbout
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Prisoner WIlS i-eruaildCd to await' a mili;tary,
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WAG1<>S DISPUTE: REA,D lNG TAIL~R
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'An , extremely v:oluble com-pminafit appeare~\ in ,
the lteading ilorough ' Police :Cb1,lrt ou 'l'ueaijtly,
when",' case arising o\If of ' .. " dispute as fJI' wages'
and notico wq!l .hJ!ard at consfaemble lehgt~; ,
Aby, Eish, of 'I!l, Quel'm's R,Qad, claimed ' the sum
01 .£8 lOs. from David , Solomons, ' 01"21; ' Queeit's
]to:ul, iu respect of wages due-and' in ' lieu of
notice-and ' also a dopo.it as a securitY: '
Complainant, a tailor's 'presser, 's,tAted 'that 'ht>
waB ensaged oy defendant at ~3 , 15g~' a weilk: D ....
fendant asked for a deposit of J::t'·1j!l!." a,s,'Sccurily
ngalllst' witness lellYIng, witho,ut';' giVing ' proper
notice, and he e"entually agree(\ i:<5"l!aY' li~m £1.
}'or four ' weeks defendant j)aid Iilili < h,n:, ~gllB,
lind then came to him aud I,slted kim to" 'S" ou
pt ec~ work. , WltnCS9 refused and Utifeil<td:tit iP."n
~nadll , som~ frivolous complaints abOyt:' ~~~ pre'slltg 01 some coats a nd commenced to use 'abusive
language. He l'emained at work ' until SiiturdaYI
February 20th, when he found that Iil1otllel1 man
had been engased by Mr. , Solomons. Wltcil def'lndau t arrived later in the day 'he ' to\d Mm', to
go, a.lld, at a subsequent interview in regll!r~ ' to
was'''It- ,<>ffer~ ,to pay WltIless. at the J ate qr ·~.
pel; ,~a.t. Ihls offer he 'qechned, 'and , 'l:Jr.' Sojomon 8 'then ' told lITlll he could issue'.a ~summon~ if)
he l i!1i:ed..
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, Cross"e"amiD~ by Mr. , s'n~jeant: Defendant had
inever paid himl ,ess than £3 I.5S'. e:(ce'Jitl!fi,t'jthl{ ella;
of the Brat week and had never ,complainoo of' his
work unttl, the 'fhursday atid Friday 'b~fore " he'
left. N9thlnl! was mentioned ' aliouf ' piece:" 'yo rk
until tho wook , witness left.
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DaiSY Whlbburn, of 5, ]~o,'er Street , who IS in
the, employ of. defendant, "'as called :by the ; cowplaman~, ,but ,could (give no evidence as to Iwhat
wage!! 1<'ish recei"ed .
I '. jAnother employee, Ida OsbQrn
tl e; box she ' bod ' no knowledge' of what compl:l\nant received in wages.
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Mr. ,~Miea:~t contended : tloJ.at complainant WIlS
put on- pIece work, and ther&fore was ,not enHtled ,
t" a w.eek's, notice. Defendan t also <lenied thn t '
allY depbsit was pai<l.
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Def~nd,8nt, on oath, stated that ht' engaged F.i,sh
" on piece work and ' llotllJllg was ever said ' about
_. £3 .I5s. a week. No deposit was 'paid ' by ,cbm-'
, plamant and the wages were recKoned at the rate
of 4d. per coa~ pressing. He hd always pail! his
preAsers , on \l,ece work. Ou , the Fl'iday , of tl>e
wee~ complalDnnt. left, witness hu.d to ~on(plain'
of hi. work, aud F,. lt then said: " 'I can't do Ithem
a.ny ~ctt,~r ; you had better get someone else Ito ' do
the )ob.
He then put his hat and coat on and
went out.
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'fbe Chait:mari : If rQU had , lt certain fo.,.rl with
, bla~lk~ : teft,' ~t ~6,~ld put th~ whole matter, on a
buslne,~ S'_footlDg.
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T!>e B~'lh ga-:e" judgment in fa.;our ofl complal,nall t"fl'lt 138; '6d. ' for t~e' worI!: w~ich I)• • did
durmg the last week he was in defe;ndant's ernploy, and al!o ordered deieljdant to pay the costs:
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i'he 'Salisbury C(ub-;:;'reccritly
matches in the ' Keyser Cup.
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BALFOUR ' v. SALISBU RY.
Billiards.
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Bioliour.
(},', E!lwa!os" -; t::;"
F" i 1<'. ErIes, I , ,
G. Clark " , . '
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150
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Ballour.
A. ' P,rater an\:!
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Suckillg , ' . . '
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R. Ca~ter ,and ,Mc· · '
Morri9 . .' . .
2 I Fi.3her .-,' . .
c, : Durf1an - and G. ." "I!: ' Crew and
Hawes . ; . .
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Palmer. . ' .
G. Smith and G.'
H. S'range '
P""ker . . . ' . . . .
Payne . . .
Thompsen and! ' Ayreto
" Penny and
Bryant .
H eeley and Doogear
F. 'Benger
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T. Talbot . . ., .
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A. BNlslcy . ' ,' ;
IG. Gibson.
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PRTDAY.~Befo:"; G , IA. Wareoo,
and ,-IiIi' C. ~llle, EsQ. . _

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VAN DRIVER DRU~K.
John A.rth".. :Jaeobs , 'was ' charge({
d~unk wh;l,) in ohar~ of a hor66 and
nmg on the pnlYious da,YI , ,.
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: II IlBpect<Jr H:add"';l- 'prove<! th" ca.e,
o 206, ll1Cluslve Wile lIDpj>Sed.
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WEDNESD:AY ...,...Before E . P. Collle'r ' and J. W.
Martin, \ERqrs.
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A SAD CASE.
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:Flossie Ajr ch 'l.r, ,of ' C/, Sack"il1e : Street, was
charged ' with being dru)lk in Baker' Street on
'l'.wsday ni! 'ht, ' and pleaded guilty.
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P.C. Artllur Blake said the l'risoner- a young
woman-was lying helplessly drunk on tllel footway at 10.25, aI!d he had to get assistance to convey lIer to tho station.
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~he 'vas remanded on Iter undertaking to I/Place
her~elf und~t· ~hEl care, of _Mi~ Messe,nger; Co~rt
Ml"SlOna ry" willIe IDQl1l1'1C8 ar'l made ae ..to wHat
Can be don~, for her. ' ..
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and ' ,Lanham 0
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an<;l Purton 1
"1)d Rum.oold 2
Bea8 1i'~ and Golll
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