Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1915

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1:I;'~gla1·jes o/lOO thefts ',
The ~rL.o'nAr.:"ta~her . <i(}~\i,riie.d

'Hon in Ynrk6hire; R.nd '
no r~r~ i ~II:a.iJl8t ' him.
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hme. but. glv~ y()y n. 1on,ll' . term of unnl'lsonm~nt;21 !'lontll,s ""'th•• h",,1 ' labour. ,
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W[NDS811~ Y()UT!i'$ ' DOWN.FALL. ,

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A QUEJTION OF MENTALITY
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, . Cho.rl~8 Jllm.... ..-... . youth" was ·eh~rged 'with, h~v.ing
on ' a d ..te unknown, bebWeen April 1st and , May
22n<1, attempted , a' criminal ,offence
E i.u' Haw. ~ins, . a-g$l 12; "nd on other' do.wa. wiknQwn ' 'with
"'~il",ro(fruk"" \Ipon ¥a~ii"'tre~ Mil...... ·aged- 8; and
;WIth an ~deoen~ .......ult ·apon }4a.rgaret
tlte 17t~."May, ,a nd.on 1M, eame' d!'y with iru~iCnt1:v
8"11aultmg Ida ,Shergold, t-l\e ·,Q.Q.llots
«h~rgea of (in<le,ce)lt ~a_ulb iIi. all:'

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.Mr. McKenna wal ~1or
, guilt)' to four of. tIie &Cia
'( ~TD"..t W dab W8.0 ' hriefe,f
, Mr. MoKenna ,.sa.id t.he
guilty ,to '. indecent"mult: ·on

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It occurred

in tb~
obfainpreteD"""Four
t4e prisoner ' waS
u~:;"~::;,tio';:'i~;;-~;;;~;r r Tunbridge
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llODeIHOd. to ' bave 'hoen
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life.

Sa,id II Are you
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Thon 'I
dp you identify it
and .ho "n.wered

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8~king, she ou~ht to
to MY that he is noi mv late
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for t,hem 10 say w,h et,h ", they thou!<ht any
wonld convict her of w,iJ£lll ·u"..jury on such
·and t be,v .11OU kl think .eriou.ly. before the]' ~OI'ained
a truo ' bill in Ihat, elL"'.
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say t·hat he was c'feeble-minded.'.' - b ttt ' ~e ,w~ "not

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· Mr,..' Waleh sakI. the' ,defendant'. :, e mn,lo.'erEl..
"Pite of the seriou.n .... of the oharK",
to tak" l.bim "back.in their service' ,at once.
vested th.i .the. '_bOy' might , be pla.~l" ;

PRI~NERS.

The tri",l of p:rlsO~el'. ]tl!en »egan.

WOULD-JET
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HOU~~B,
q,EAKER'S F
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A I,ENIENTI ' SENTENCE.
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·the ·, /.iisnult" oa;urred mpre."tiln.n , !l'l~.~ , ',-::>1 1 ,'
P.R. ,B~ug!\tlln. replying , to ~r., .:M!,K;~n~~_ ""i<J
he had knO'WD tb.c. defendant about: two; yean. . He
was aged 17 years ,aljd-' 4 "monilia;" 'and '.w~~ .iii) ,
,ro~nlar employment 86.a · de1ive,M~ of·:;iIiilk ·'fo ... .'a
da iny, company: ' He-nad .. very'''goOd, ch~i-a.eter, 'but
with.,.. did pot consider bim .. hrio;ht... · in'-~ntel\eot:
B'y Mr. WaLsh: He 6h?u!t~ ....y tha.t the -defend!,nt
wa,; below: . the norma.! m ,· mtellect. He', could not

Wmdsor Probation ' OffiCI'!!' to keep' mm'
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and repOl't to the 'p ro""i autllorities;' 50,· ....
to prevent his, beili!!:' sent to p~6GD. , " . ,;.. ,.' .(, '
__ , HUi LQrdship 8"io;\ , he: w",, : anxious to. preven~e
I..d· beiQ~ .""fit to 'prisqn" ' ,I
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' .. Mr. Walsb' , ball<!d' the father,. who '6&id. , the.. , de,~
fendant was one of nine, chi1dn!~ and. had n~ver
before this iot 'inia disgraCe, and I an elde~· brother,
James, ,who . etal.€<J' that ·he ....hau give,n ' 'tP' "
slt,\atlon in ord<;~ to look after him.
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Charlea Dl'e"ell, alias Arthur ·M.
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bricklayer, plowed not guilty
charging !lim , 'lith attempting
dwelling ho.- ' of ·WilIiam Cox, '
,,00 entering th~ dwelling houea of
land ·D .. vey, ..t ,Winklield on ,the
acknowledged a further 'cha;tge ~at

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