Reading Observer 07-1916

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EX.CONSTABLE SENTENCE']).
Tbe charge. against ex-otJ:l,cl!!ra
of the BOTOligh
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Pol ice. Force agam occuPle4 the Borough MagJstrntes a. COD81derable tlm&~ on liq~d.y. Ex-COD!Iable Woods WM t>rougbt up on remand. an~ seutenced to lUX weeks' unprllODJDcnt, eecood diVUUOD,
nnd then the rema.mder of the evulance for th,e
I'",,,cuhon in th. COlO of O1·mapector Stolto w..
Lc ard, a.nd he WM COD1uutted for ural ..t the
,\ <'us Th~ wall • lorge ga.thermg of tho pubho
r ~ magut.ra.tes were Mr. J
J. Cooper (m. the
l:b nr), Mr ~. Ca.tltJ and Mr. A. G. W~lt. _

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The In
ttory
of an
of three
by tho overturning
mquett held. on Monday '

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Eleanor
W1l1iama, onto
aged' tlib
28, ''":whOle
:..n. 'no
Actmg Coroner,
deallt bOdy
of C.thortn.
covered &om tlie nnr' on' SundaY: .. ~ ~
Mr. "'William. William_,-\- ~of 'treherberi SoUth
WaJeli. III; draper, father.. of, th, decea8ed-...
aid
that h" daughter wu an "I~taot in the "lmllineIlY
department at Me8traJ MCIlroY's ~ ~op at"Re&dii:ig
for .b,out lwo m<li>llie. AIio~1 tlJ:.. yea.ri ago .b.
hlld. ner'VOU8 b"reakdo\m. ,She:was Dot; 'ueed to
bo.tIng, ''\.
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.- Dr~ ~. W Howse gave ",Idence that deCeued's
~r.aranee waa COQ811tent wlth\ d~~ from dro".-n-

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The.MIJOT
Q'f8.r lIouday'l
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were altoattttJlI
p~llt.
~. B. PulItt. lIr I!'. E lIonDg, Mr. E B. Poead.
man, Mr .J. W. arhu, J4r. li)l} QUelch and r .
J C Tnui~rum Sir Percy Sauderaon, K q.l4..G ,
reprelOnteci the mtlitary ao'thorJtles for C&ve,r.
aham • .,aJld Major Denya Eggm.tOD lind Hr. C H
.Dodd the Reading lLecnntmc omce..
Mr. F. Newbery a.pphed for K. G. porter, aced
39,
JoIner, ..nd 8 B Hunt~ lied 36, a
forem&n plufllber Mr. 1P A. Sarle..Db aaid that

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When it come. to aaJ8facti~n
---that i. perfect worJubanship.
faultless fashioning. ahd long
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Mary' · .]I.aLn"" • Chi~J\Il. " hving <&t !,(......
MoI\n)Y.'~, Ltd " ,Wd , .n. JY.~da1 ' 1IIi. went
'Y:
In • can.. mth ],(iii 1'1.t.n"iao, from T_' b~
hOllle. ' up th. ",,..,) a.1~ .. ,tbe, F;.h.rj.,; On
The char.. agam.t Albert Ed,.ord Wooda. of the way back Ihey Vlel ., pupl 1)1 the .p",menade
the 161st Heavy ' Battery! R G A., Botden, was and m tt were the 'deceQed. ~ a.n4 JIlaa Bllrham~
t hut oD or about Jt:.De 30th whlle a. const.ble em- They went over to , tbe : ~~,
aODt~one . BUg.
plo\ ed 1Il the Borough Police Force, he. Tbettved- geatvd that the'y ahoulil "~ge'-\ ~.: Ki.u Wilthe' Slim of £22 18s 2d which he fra.UdulNltly Iiams and MilS Ba'ipam .aDt ~ lD>i'$Jle Caiioe, Wltnela
foreman
embe7.z1 ed and thereby s tole
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.rom&med lD the ~ and·~ lfiu Pldla8&D1'Went
\I . Artbur F Clark, .. helter, aJ>pooared f?r the moo the pnnt
Ta. tl"... Si'! rtlto llI,IIoe [paddled
he had OODIult.ed WIth Mr. 0, H. Dodd (mIlitary
rro<eCutlon undertakon hy the ChIef Con.tah~. down tb. nv~ towlIW.th. Ii1:iclr... d tmnod and repretentatlve), ..nd I he ,.,aa qreeable \1.0 porter
b\ ~1TectlOn of the W ..tch Commttt.ee. and Mr F. paddled back a.g~, ziWl.atream ~. 'JJhere 'Wu
J R.ltchffe defended
r&t.her strong .t~ J' ~ ~e :wind . . wa,. n,t.l.er
ooDdltionally exempted
and Bunt
&r1'&ogement
wu "ven
...greeduntil
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-\t the last beanng pnlOner 'Pleaded 'gUilty,
t'Ough. ~ . ~d.denly :tho'"
oe.lCapalzed. They;:re Sept¢mber 29th
C. t B. sawam (repre~W by Mr. .,. A.
'".'::;"r.~
,vas reman ded for a week
8l~tmgfdown at fttie
• -fatld ~ 'CH'd.-'!uoL i'(IiJle
rhe Chatnnan, In pa!8lDg sentenee, ~~
contact .. wlth ,
"~ft. ~~ She -.did Dot jAntJ 'Whed for E -.ley. .red 33.
B
pflsoner had pleaded guilty .to tho...:~~p.. ~~~lfi~~~e:. ,.»Ir.t
.~ ....:..rdout. bul ~6r az.a:,aebverer -Until October lat wu r,lVOD,I1<[!jOOcto...
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'hd, ocate had Ipoken for .him TCry ably, and
".. rescue~ an
n to tbe Pro~~e banJt. 6na1.
Bf'n ch had considered the questton carefu!lr
h&d been 1n a b4noe~eeV'era1 tim. b8fo~ and
1.&on&OO W Wa.lter,
('ause they hOO been atlXloua to take into conlldera- .:was \lsed to the ~11.:ge91r.D.~ .ol_Wl" ~8he eohlCi
of C.versbam. applied. on .personal grounds
tllm h 16 prevIous excellent ~r and · the fact not ..y llow the c~oe caPll~
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He 1.1 the 0'0.1,. Ion at home, and btl father :t. JD
Ib.t h. bad jomed H M Fo","" and that hI. c<nl' 'WQilliueotio,:e~, b.!:.!!ie im-, ...
, ·In........ that ?Ii..
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duct prevlOully was WIthout reproach. lJe W&I
&me .DtIoQ. ucc:n m .. canoe WIth aer, on • TWA. the Ar.m,.-He "'.. refused.
hra.ble to a heavy sentence, but taking mta con- 'V)OlUl OecaaIOD.
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Frank Tl-- of "
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"deratIon the fact that he had been-'remanded
A. butcher, dearer a.nd fanner,r Ar~bur Wllliam
decid d to
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_ellOtt. <>ma ad Sonl boat
ctl!'(tody for sOUl~ tune, the Ben ch h a.u.
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propnetors,. &ald ttJ,at the quoe w., \ oap,J,le of SmIth, aged 39, wtth two bUilne&1eI lD Oav~~
~~s a. sentence of ftlX weelu' ImprllODMeiit. 1U the holding three TWIo"'on.. o..t;;
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e.qct R6adJPg. lIaid )I.e hid one man 1t1ft. OUTI 0
COUNT]( COURT BAILIFli'B.
• r PAecond diVISion He would like to add that, not there W&I a £t~g f;tnd a:nJ!:t~~If9~ueatlOn DlufJ..-He wu ~ven condttIonal eUIIDp~Oll.
.M'r A. Mule.u ~qcl Mr W. B Shepherd', of the
to the prisoner BO much, but to expl&lD an Opmlon w~~maD.II.R"d It "'ouIc1~ not C&ptize
It .JAlbert !keen, a blacblll1tb, ared ~, WOrJUDg Oolll\ty QnIrt, a'ppjiod for \V G. Hatch (39) aDd
Cpadttl0llal
nile f[om the Bench With rega.rd to thAt cue, that wi:s pOIIJbJe tl.:at th~ paddles heca.me Iqter.l~cked for his ~cle at Emmer Green, was fouDd to be A J ~. ~lt;o}l. (40), ~:wist!Lflt balJiJfs
t1(' Beneh were strongly of opmlon that the or got find under_ tlle canoe, \ which would be In .. certifit'd ~pa.tlon, and oonditionel eJ:emp- .~emr.p.ou was granted for Dalton, and a torrDiabt. I pOl~pon.emEmt wa.s grant.ed for H.. tch
manner of keel!:mg accounts WIth which pnlOner suffiCient to_u'p8et It
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Warwi
Bros., nurserymen, etc, of Henley,
Jthe J;oudQn and Midland lneuraDce Co. applIed
..bad tampered thowed a wan..t of suffiCient super.
Dorot.py M. Bar~-=; &IIo;.of MC!lUl'I
applied tor G F. Ta.nner, aged 30, who, they tor theIr ,ih.tnct <Inspector, F W. Ball, a.nd Mr
V1S\on and.- audtt, which. while It did not e%CUIe aa.ad tbat- she went o~t m 6 punt With
stated 1.D addttlon to beinl' a. ma.rht gardener F. J BatcU"e I.ppcared. on theIr behalf
BaU
the pnsoner m any way, eould not but be held to By tbe~ProDlEna.de , theT, met \he ~C&noe
........ 'plg . .ad poultry breeder He baa been wlth alia tqade .. p~l'Ional cl&Jm, a.nd on this flJ.emptton
b ~\ e faClht4ted lD the comlZllUion of ~ offence
believe it was Mil8 l Wllhama -who' .ug~sted
the firm 12 yean a.nd h,. wages up 25a & week Ull Octobel"'- ~16t.h. waa granted, the bU61DW cl61lD
belol nolwed.'
chango ~. T W,t.n... eould not Ullt~l September lst. 'final 'WM gtven.
CO MMITfED FOR TRIAL they. oul~
Perc,. ' Woods. a~ed 32, a carta.ge oontractor • ~V. Qu,gte,., "pphed for R. T. QUIgley 140), mOD'
for the Lcuoe ove$rn1ni. Two/were
Frank Em..~ 8~&lte. of 21,' Sldmou~h.otreet'I~~?'!!!~~ on tho I.~ ptd. ~d Dnt on the l'lght working on blS 01 n aoeount in South-street, C.vcr- &.rng hil rtlff..hcen09 bWllQMI, and total exempt.lon
ex It1spector of pnllee, VIa!! ch&r~'" w)th em·
had never 1>ten 1D 6. canOts before and shim, wu gltD untll September lat to get rId of w~ granted
W..lter -AttaweH, tnmway emplo,ee, applled fOr
beu.hng benreen October, 1914, a)id December,
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funltr ~IlI, Qut tho Mlht.ar;r Iler.reeentat.1Ve
1915 ,arloua S\lms of monev amountIng m all to
by the .JUl], ""tne~ atated that rl.-:.
Sir P ercy Sanaeraon
It would bc II.
opposed tbe applIcation, .....hlch was roe usea
sbnut. £108, and further that he did, unlawfully,
rather eXQl\ea that day
J . . H Budq'tt, · tramway employee, stated that
thlDg It -n t~ men
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Wilfully. and Wlth mtent to defraud. mut.ila.te a
Fl~&I1 .lao pve eVIdence and
w ... t~e lSole l ~pport fJf hla w .. dowed mother,
would ~o before 1the
locomotIve license book which then belonged to
WIUlam. lI4d been oo: t1ie rive~ many
.. he- had another brothflr IIVlDg In the town
the Ma.yor, Aldermen and BurgessC8 of (t he
!\ot In a' ef4Oe. Nono 01 the ' four ,garla
applieatipD w'oIi refused.
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EXEMPTED.
Mr Arthur F Clark ;aPP!'ared to PrQl8ou\o in
AIRMEN's ATTEMP
proprtetor, 1'. H
thls ca.&6 also, and Mr. Sydney Dram T
for
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of aenoua hardahlp,
tbe delenco
c E . G Adam., 'ihJtructor in aerial artillery
EVIdence for the prosecutIOn was contmued.
observa.tlon, R Fe, ,ud tthat tle w;' on t~e
h""I;;.~. '
that· thea.
Cspt Henderson, Ie called, put m an oide1j book Thames,slde Promena4tJ on Wednea~ evenmg
and pleA
Ihomng a counterfoll of ..an order for 50 locomotiv. and .aw the C8Qoe p&ddlmg down. stream.~ Be anld
range. SJX
JlIELte5 It. was Imtlalled by himself.
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hU compaDion
k to th
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~ clerk lJl ·tho Borough Surveyor'. 08lce Aid
.po _ 0- - ., gI.... _lIQd-pl'Ol8llUy
f'JELt he h~d had chazge of the orden and accounts the canoe turned ~Uld ~e,. tP~dIed. fback lOme 10
for the palt 10 yeaJ'I He. described the pl'OCl!U hI yards when the ClUloe ~1}.nle·d o.ver They were 1n
whtch a. IOCOMq.tlV8 license pl&te waa lSIUed, and Dud-stream, and the.r_;\Vere lI.U Ilttm, Wltness
8ELId that he bad. reomved no reqw.siboD for a plate took off hiS coat ap~'hrew It on the 'bank and
Etnce June, 1914
made a dalh for tliil water H~ could 'not g;t out
H Platt<, 8, Radstock·road, mgineer in charge of as far &I he would. have ]iS~d to haV!l dooe on
Ihe Blako'. Lock Pumpmg StatIon, wd \thet he account of the reed. and mua, Sut he stood In the
hELd cb arge of the locomotive lic::enae pla!!fs
In Yater and Msisted in1iindin~ ;the two MSCQed gIrl.
1912 he had a conversa.tion ;wJ.tb 8taite, tell.fh'lhlm
on to t.be bank. He saw a boy Wlth
that. the supply of pl~ w i s ..setting low, 'rIl that
on the ~nk, &0 he Setzed' the lucycle
..~ the .. boy'. PermtUlon and rode to
some more .hould be ord~._ Some mo~ plate.
arrIVed. Ie" weeks later. and only on. had booib fet?h. d~ag look. He afterward'!..·pbonod lor t~.
ISSUed SInce.
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po lee aD a taxl~; Ii4~r 1n. t he"'- week on Frld-.y
p S M....r Bald tbat in 1915 a coJll!l\mpc&tlon :;it~:::t ;~lote~ 11\ <!ragging. for the body, but
" .. made te hun WIth regard to the .~mg of
f:.dn •.1' CharI..
1I0me en.'!IDell m the Borough by P C. B
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Fe ... ho wa.a
lnlp Ltckley, of t~e Borough Pollee Forc;e, satd saw the
that a report was m"de to bun by P.S Meuer,
and he aubmttted It. to the Cliief Conitabie. In
conoequenoe 01 mstru~~lOD' 'lie ' handed th. '!eJlOI1;
te In.pectO;r St.a.ite OIld wed him if tn-.ning
I ... hed botn p.,d li>r'a certain _e, and ho re! plied 44 rn lee ' to tt.tJ Two or three da~, latet'
"lm8S8 a - wedI about
the
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t._ *Da _1
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nhed .. They are hCODRU
f, Whe~ 'abou< tho pl&1.ei T" and IiIi l'Oplied( "'~
ca.n't ~t them hom the Borough. Burvevor, we
c:lli't ge~ them made." or"arda ~ that eIf"'f It
Waf the usual ~Ice that aach re~ . . ~ 0lIl8
..Ierred to, .bould be put together aod stOred for
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reference Be bad seaiched for the report m \t!nesbe taken aW4,.
tlOn and could not find It TJje report .... about condition.
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" driver exoeedmg the IP"<! limit, and .t.o ~
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Henry
Wnght.
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Boord~l
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thit th.", ..... nolliw... 1I1.to on tho engine It
'.1iOut 11.15 on
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Abo mentioned that another engine lbetongmg to ...ld thir.t h~'found tb~
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the same firm had lalso been Itopped. for Dot ~VlDg varv Dear to where flae hOd,. went m.
Tb. Coroner taid that tho ~d,nt .ugbt to
• pl.to
P S Mc8wOf1lyj emp1010a in the ClarO' of1!ce wammg to young I.a;•• ~d 'men te be v.rr can<.
a.t the Police Si¥IOD, wd th.&t th& locomotive 101 .lioilt engoging hght cr"'t;. -partlcu1arly if such
poopl . . .oro 'Dot .blp to .WIfD _. Wltli regard to
hCOlllO book ..... ,kept m ~ Steite:.
h. thQu~b~ tbat thO"plucl<r way in whicb
He bad aeen It in 110 one e!te'" JlO'!aelllon 1 but Lambert.
Rtlutfl', dunng the yean 1914, 1915. 1VltDeII had thaL IlIOln acled· &hoDld be reI>6rt.4 tq, the prppor
npt dea)t Wtth: any locomottv. Uoenlel dunug those qlW"lor for reco81;>itlon. Neither , hQuId tb. 1IOrVI... nonderocl by JDnr,,<tor ~d&!DlI l be forgot~
jt"an
The -jury ,-etwued .. TerchcX of IJCCllientally
I P C FIdler, employed m tlJe Ctcrki o18ce, ,an
drowned. and oorrnnenaed the two membel'l of the
IImllar evidence
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fo. theIr bra..~ Tho,.
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also expreued aym
y wtth the relatlvel of the.
Inq>OCtor Walter. Bald that at 640 p m ~ on d......d. and the orone' cOncurred.
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June 20th, in oompany Wlth P 8 l1urdy, h .....
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defendant at 1u. ietide!lce, 21, 81 outh street,
and
...,d ' . " l!'Pink. I he,.. ......rran for your
AN . EXPLANATION.
ELrrest,. cbpgm.& you With embezzling t
'IUD'lI of
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money Do .~u want me to 1'e&d the w
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Re retthed :- Yes. bUt la\ me eee it":
mg tpe W&lT3l1t he 1&lc1. "I Bee. n He made DO
We have received the follo1P'lng letter for pub" ply ",hen·formrJly· ch2l!l.id &t tho ~u:eJ ot&tlon. ltcatlon:•
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At 10 SO
June th, a&: the police .tatlOn,
8Ir.-ID cOn8eQuence ~of the many falee report.

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Wltnen
& II ' "'boo,'t ini< acctdent
ATe
noncI{Culated
' coocunmg
the aad
;.~~(;;;;;:ii]l;ti.~~g
a cerlam
book,then
and read
he Tethe Thallles
on Wednesd&y
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., .At 10 30 a m on July 3rd last. week, J feel Jt my dut.y to ~lke 1JlIB statement
delend&ll~ at the poltoe offioe, which I Ihould be gu.d for
gIVe pUlthclty In
the chu.rp of omtttm~ certam order
It may ! clear mIsconceptIOns

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police
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boOkrea.dHe
ch8t'gea
were
over to
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lb:,ed tb.
t, and

of the chargee ..
chler casiller to Barclay'.
evdence ~th reJlW to two

!\ented s!~,~~~_~:~'~1~~~~'~!aceo~lOll. H. 01..
that on JtlJÂ¥l 30th.
tAl the bank of £12

1914, £14 9. 1Od., on • ~,~~.,w~•••

an d on December 31s,
balsnce of £18 lS! 1Od.
WOODa GIVES EVIDENCE
Alb6rt Edwarcl Woods, now a pnaoner in cuelody on lIentence, Bald he was formerly In the
Clerks' offioe tIll Marcb 13th, 1916. when b. al>tconded and l~med the Army The locom.otlve
heen.. book wu kept by Inspector Stalte A few
months &go SUite Aid to him '" If anvone ebmea
here from the Town Hall for thiS locomotlTe book:;
,"ou don't knol'.awhere it is."
Tliat wu Aid
TDflre than onee and on ditrenmt OCCUIO'D.I. W1tness remembered t&kiJ:Jg a. cheque from Mr.
liome tIme · ~~ for &.Il additional hcenae,
b,h •• • d he ~dad it to JDn,odor Staito.
PT lJloner""pleaded Dot ~gui1ty, and reserved ~s
d' lence H. WaJI committed for trial &t the nut

TrafBc' -receIPts week endIn g July 7th
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now said he never as.
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would no..t object to some
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Company SBJ.d for such
they hod h.d only o~e

"',Ih regard to bail. the ChlW'Dl&D Iald th.t tho
Bench were Dot quite~ satia8ed Wlth tJie amount of
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ecme
~II ns Jt wu at prelle1lt, and COIlaJ.dered It a..hould lo.ur. w!>o' no
"" lQc""'d m · .lOW of the number of chorgeo.
'tilA_t. '" -," ,
'l'hhey wouk mCTe¥8 the bail_to ~150 for_.F1lODer
, YOllr1l 1aithf@y,; ,
,m ..ll. and £75 each for. tlI'e
ThU .....
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'fT, Vulonl.ro&cl, ROadiDg, JUlY' 12th. •
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