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He .,.id. U I'm ax . tilt f. Ihti~ fo~ Tillitinl( the 'pl!'tlfl""~
oil
but l'vb had a 11 ... tWlted toYnllhips en route. ann th
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. JohD Dand Janis, G.W.R. detective, wlthln e&!!y IBtJlnce at the halt, D.I'ff;';"
t e oo~kirfil of tbe ~ .. n &fte~
said 011 12th Jane, Burnett made a cje rb~
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ley ;Rljj6. we
the weO-know "
s~t~Dt In ~hkh be ad1Dittef1 takin, Three T!,1l8 U1J lind ERrl!')' Church OD..DW'
~.;""t';" ' I~l., slioel!. lI'hisky. cigarettes. toJ>acco, lett.... hlle
th6 right id l&idea ErledJ
blO.se,. JIIlnt~· !lbirts, cheese, custard Mr. IIy 1 . I' plelldic\ ettate. On th~
~nd
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powder, chocolate, etc. Later he went I It, t:h~ 11ee frPlll Reading, "e
Road;- I .... w'~vln.. '''.
to the prilouer's house, ..-here ~ey found q~tlUhnt co~ ot Earley -Tilla.IE. re.,ell "'"
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(gnl'dC08
nnd
pr
tty
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th(.~
stealinlJ
17 pairs of .tocking!!, which Burnett said
the lo,.e~ood1nnd rltWes of BU"~H•.rsI;o
G_W.~
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came lrom tbe railwa¥'.
w ' on ~h . !jgM _ I' t n I;lpllpoe
)un~ 12th.
By Mr. R tcliffe:' Prisoner ave 'him Off Beor w-' lDl\f n510n arid fclMate. tpll home
neises.
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Ai er
am il L Ik> OOIl &>.IIO<·'"led
evtor poslible assistance.
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lIr. D.
Pretdy prOsecuted.
,..ith . the. ". ·mM." R!loning downh'l l we
The
charre
was
ilien
reduced
to
stealThere
chllTlfe5. and Wale
8D88di1 . urn e a ~ ~he rn'er :Goddon . f amo\lij
ere 1S an hotel And a. plea8Uro
ton;
alId Hopkift. wen! in" 00 pairs 01 stockin~, value £8 tor &liln,.
1&.
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t6
hich
prisoner
pleaded
station. A etraill'ht ~ad pIIrallel ";lh
first~
Jor ItealiDI' _
g'UiJty.
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S.E.H.
uphlTl to indleehrun H Hlt
shirts,
. 9d
Bear
Mlrtulioli
which h <l~
Mr .•Ratcli/f~ produced eVJdence
. The
were .represe~ted u
home for onr bra.. -,
follows:
by Wr.~ E. T. Hatt; eba~acter, and asked for clem~ cy,
indkehrun Church 'f
Stringer-- wras charged with steaJing
Hands by
. R. E. Doz· Hopkins by
ProetiEdiDg
-the 00 1•
. Mr. F. j. ~r:i1f'e; and Momng ~ lir. nine dozel1 ~tches, . tins .of (oOOa, boot·
the hedgell,
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laces, glovEls, cigars t cigarettes, caps,
E. D. Berry
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ljIll8_ ClJUIlCII'lllil' e<5m'trTRid... b<,l'Frank S pben Simmonds, of . (4, and a towel, value £~ 19s.
Reading'. checker. in the
Mr. A. f. Clark defended . . , I
G.W.R.ICo.,.said on-.23nl
Charles ~Ddal1s. an remp]oyee of
<:h(lck(~d tWO Dales addressed to Messrs. Dry
t and Ma~ • gave f'VlllP[lo;t>
Co.., Readin«:, one of of di patch f cases of matches in
and Pllrt of the con·. condition.
the wa,<>n. - - . 4
Charles William Haynes,
Harris. J of 29. Georare 'detective, aid on 12th June h
'."""""', 'e.~:;l~~go'f assrst~nt
claims clerk pamed priso~er to fiis house.
Prisciner
the G.W.R. Co., said said, .. You ..ill find nothing t ere besaW' .! he bale in the IQn.-ing to Ihe G, W.R.. and I will not l-pinv,",OOIis
haa obviously ~ffn let you into my house with a warrant
he received
from lilce that wh' )1 is not a ~enuine one."
a ~im lOT the loss of 46 EyentuaUy the),. ",ere adlDltted, 'land in
£9 145. 9d.
the house tbey found 48 b6xes of
Jr:~~d~~:' recalled, said the articles matches amopg olher things.
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on the floor were replaced into
~TQest Brown- said a case of matches
befrre It ~'ent into the ware· delivered hael been pilfered, five "Packets
36 bo'xes aeh bing missing
By Mr.
Thj:Y.
checked of Mr.
Clark submitted thaI thcr was no
as they wer~ JlUt back. .
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George' F~.nd. of 59. Broad Street, case with regard to the matches.
The magistratclI agreed wi1h' this view,
R~ding, employed by Me srs. A.
H.
B I, ~ated l he recci~ed the bales, and and as no evidenc;e w:ts offered ~ in the
ot~er cases, they were accordingl), 'distil artIcles. were m1~s~g.
Arthur W~liam HalfQi-d, of Southall. missed .
Ao application "lVaS made for the resti·
det~ive-in[@Or in tli"e -employ of the tution
of the goods, but this was _not
G.~R. Co. said on 12th June.he went
\0 fYl, ~ Park Road, Reading, and allowed.
Blackmor. Norris, and Peet were
J.lal Ii was with him. On being' Questioned priso er said. " It's no use. I've chargecJ with S~aling 12 biotlles of
been foo1. 1 My wife begg'ed me to give " Glengarry" w sky, value ill 55. '
Mr. S(al1wood d fended B1a more, Mr.
it up, ~d I wish I had taken her advice."
Ratcliffe
.fIe alsb sta~ed - that he had only been at Berry defended Peet,
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It fqr the :P(lst sir months.
At tpe defended Norris. I
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McCaig, a forflman in the
IPIDy of
house, witntss found four boy's shir~s,
and Wakon" on bing shown them, saId, Hopkins . and COl' Glasgow, /l'ilve evi·
dence of con ignihg cases of whis~ on
" That'S' all 1 had Df those."
'By Mr. HILtt: Th 'man gave him every 2nd June for tra~sit to Swindon.
Charles Hawki s • .! of 57, Swansea
~ssistance. , As far a wih\ess knew. the
man had Ij' herto bpmc an irreproach· R~ad. Readil\g, a checker in the ~mploy
of the G. W.R. Co, said on 9th Ijune he
able charact~r.
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Henry John, of
aling, detective-in- examin~ a truck 'hieb had come trom
.sp~ctor. in \hc empi<Jr of the G.W.R. Glasgow, and ~vera1 cases of whi ly
Co., s ld bJ) 12111 June'p went to M"o.w- there were in good condition. Th y ,..ere
ring's hou.se,' tM: .\'jnsdner . btiinl' with subsC9l,lentl loaded into an()thd" ttV,ck.
him. Mowring said, - it I will give you A roods cbecMer ftom-Swindon said when
w~don !e
everything I took from the wagon." anq h~ checked the invoice- at
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handed him two shirts. . The same day fo~nd a case was P'iSSin~
CODoaught
Pl
mer,
manl! r
Alfred
be saw H~nds, ",ho said, II I know
Messrs.
Brown
and
lUmJiler,
said
of
nothing." Wit e9S -examined ' his basket
in an order for nine cas' s of
aIUl ~Qund thre two-pound pots of jam.
Tbe'y went to the house, ' and f6und five whisky only eight arrived.
~dmund' Alberr Cook, goods po~ter in
boy's shirts, and Hands aid, "I bought
tbose three yea~s ago, hut they were . too the employ ' of the G.W.R. Co., of 28;
big for my bor to wear." At tb station Queen's Road, Caversham, said on 12th
~risoner signed a statement which said JllIle Norris said to him. "Will ,'ou go
ho stole the jam, bu
did not 'admit home aDd tell the wife thl'Y' Vli captured
some of our men. One of. them ' s my
stealing- thj: shirts.
By ' Mr, Berry: Mowring gave him own mate." This 'Tequest lIe <;arried
out. Later he was returning, and, saw
every'
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Norris going towards his hous. with· a
W.illiam
naro,,', ' police qffice;r.
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lames Henry Clarke, G. W.R. qet,ctive,
and of 144,
s~ld on 12t~ June ~e. wt;nt wit~ Notris
he was
-hI:; house. NorTl.s weDt stral ht 0 the
on 12th
front room.. and witness follo'Yed him.
IqspectQr
Hopkins said, "
Burnett h~s
you anything about me He said to his wif{!. "Where arc all those
it ' is ttue. That's good enough" isn't cigarettes and bottle of whisky I
\\? If .you will allow this man to come brought. home on Monday Jasti" r Hi's'
with
(1Deaning witpess) I will hand wife repl~d, " I b.'\d two drops a$ ,·ou
I have got." Witness then ac, kjlow. Th, rem<lin~r ~t kn,ock,.;w.;ver
cOlnpani,ed him to bis home-, 'where he and 6pilt/""and the bo tie was hro~';> on
witne 5 two shirts. At the the 'recre<ltion ground by' my t I
.
he lsaid, • I am sorry. ' I wish daught r."
Det.·Inspedor P1um~ said OI) ' ih'1! '12th
no I had taker my ""ife's ' advice and
dropped it." He then proceeded to mOike June Blackmore came to his ofli<1e and
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a statement re pecting ttwo pairs of made a statement.
Ml'. Stallwood objected 1'0 the using of foUJUIlII:t'.
boots. two shirt • nine pa\!,s of ladies'
toc\cings and cigarettes given 1)im by tbe . statement as evidenc,g, but the
Bu~ett. He had never takeh anything magistrates held that it 'lila ;Jtlmi,sible.
~n thl! sta\ement prisoner ' .dmitted
himself.
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By Mr. RatcliBe: Hopkins rendered tha~ he had stolen whis1;y on •. fo
caslons.
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every assj~nee fto him.
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joseph P~I). of 16t\, Wan~age Road, . Continuing, witness. said NOrr' old
R ~ding. detC(ti.e'iO$l)C.ctar in
the hIm he haa a bottle of whis~ fro~ a
employ of he G. .R... Co., said on tie c~e and took it h~;:I1ld ad~d that
12th Ju~ Walton
as brou.lit to the w~tnes. coalc1 have It back. Later Norris
raihi'ay station,
he made a state· made a staiemenL .
Mr. Rltdiffe also 0 jecud to the use
me.nt, 'jn which lie admitted stealing
shir,s, boot., a cap, and cia'arettes. On of the statement, but 3lfaill'o ~he lJIagi·
,
the same day he saw Yowrin•• who said strates held diBerently. In the statenrc.vi,)uS ro1~ . )
j . It' I'n't much I've had. aJld
that has ment Non-is admitted that he had
been given to me."
Later he
" 1 fetch.ed a whole case of whisky. and took
ci arcHes,
It to a shunter's cabin. He took one of
• ~ve ~~Vfi beeh'to truck
value 80s. ,
the
bott~
home.
He
had
bad
w
hi~ky
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nttt. djd the tMag." A ltWl,'eInell,
andpaD
the premjus abput twice before.
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a1ue £18
, and
bis was ..ken dOWll ,-w
'~~h~ikchbt~~.~fb::
The .it~.l' proceecled-. to state that on
boots, ~ shirts; s'
ot of jam, va.lue 55.
~he same _
he saw' Peet, who alS4?
10. cic'arettes,
.: ere; ",ithdraw~.
a statema.t. ......
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to
cd sider
theft
.r. Berry !Ia,~e
deocisiOILS,.
*" .... ;"'T~t ••~ sent need BurH~Iti.IJ.~~1 t-be stMeIMDt
h. rd labour,
abd Walton to
tuS prLsoner only . haJi
two mo,oths,
Honkins tp .oo month.
_ .._ . ... bqttle .. he had no more.
: Hp' did not believe that Peet was bound over for ljWO years in
bisft)', anp M. could the urn of £~O, and order d 10 po'y co ts.
The Chairmbns -in pai,g
entence,
With some o( th-e
said hi was g~~ that the qse5 Jlad been
brought to a !!uccess{ul issue, and he
was s\Jre- they had called 10lj careful vigil~nce aDd ardQOus efforts or tbt l1art 01
the police. The eba,rges were regarlkd
~Y. the· Bench., as ~ost eri~ , for the
aefendaots h.ad been place"
po;;itioD!t
of $nI t. lticb t~ey had- t
Chief Const~ble, q-j,. J. S.

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