Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1919

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aIICl . . saw ~ we
1Mt_ _ oat: and- two o'dod:. OD.
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• the froDt prdesa ... wide oPeD OD
TINIda,. aftenoon. Alloat '.10 ia the
af.ter-D as ille .... eIItdina the dinioa'~ alae found the artides JDeDlioftd· in
the dlara"e were missiolf. Witness ran
iato iIleirose A.esa~ alter speaking to JJelwe.J.
Mr. De Doocbr. who mouDted his
bicycle aDd ponued the priSODer. who
was walki..Melrose A_Qe ill the
direction of WOOn"'" Road. Mr. De
Doucbr stopped the ~er. and de-'
tained 'him util she' reac:lled them. when
she emptied two
nich the pli~ bad been
carryiaa over his
1Muldet-. ~ fwDd tbe coateDts were
tbe art~ DOW produced. When she
fllIIPt~ the U£b tIIte prilOller said .. I
picked them 1111 froa ·the. road." to wbich
wilDess 'replied. .. YfU are a liar."
PrUoner was cJeP..iDed until a policeman
arrived. when witness gave ~im into ............Iiit.o.
c;ustody.
Mrs. Mary Hawken. the wife of tbe
Rev. William D. Hawkl',.D. residing temporarily in Belle Avenue, said on the previous da,. wben 1ook.iDIf out of her bedroom wiDdow, .which <K'erioob Mr. sarB .house. and gave her a view of
gentleman's garden, she saw tbe b~:r:~ti')~
l'PI'i~oner enter the garden, and shortly r.
after that he came out of tbe gate with
a sack into which he put the candlestic1cs
and p1a~ed the saa down il\ the road,
ret1lrning to the Jarden again. He came
out (luic1cly. and s~ tbOVght she saw
some silver sticking out of one of his
pockets. He then went off to the· Melrose Avenue. SlIe pointed out the man
to Mr. De DonclCer.
' Mr. A. de Donclter, of 5, Bell Avenue,
Reading, a Clerk ill tbe employ of
Messrs. Huntle)\ and PahDers. Ltd .•
deposed that abo.t 2.40 the previous day,
in consequence of what be was told .by
Mrs. Sarjeant, he went · on his bicycle
after the prisonCr. He iWertook him -in
Melrose . AveI1~ Witness chanen~ed
him about the I!'!Jtteati of the sackswhich he took ftiom"~ prisoner and
looked into them ~ lie saw tlley contaiaed silver , artideI, l"risoner said in
reference to the sac~. "there- is nothlAg in them but ..hat I picked up on che
road." Witness detained the prisoner'
vntii both- Mrs. arjeant · and P .C. Fawcett armed.. Be ore the constable arrived prisoner . id. "I have nothing
else," and tlien t rew the knife produced
away.• Prisoner as drunk,
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called to
P.C. Fawcett aid be w
Melrose AftDue, Where he found tbe
prisoner detain . The articles produced wer~ lyiu OD the footpath by the
side of tbe ro . Mrs. Sarjeant ClIplained that the things ha(l been
stolen from liE'r OtIse, "hen the o1lic~
took prisoner ill
custody. The pnsoner then stru led. and he and the
witness fell to e ground. With . the
assistance of a :eetleman he brought
the priMDM· to..
• station, w~et~ he
charg~ him.
.soner made no reply.
The man bad
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drwking, but be
kneW" what he W 5 about. In his opinion
·])[.isolHT was not ~k.
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Prisoner ••ho .
be was gUllty, was
ce&DDaiuecl tq l e ~5 trial at the nest
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