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a hard wiliter ahead
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Tb& erl"i'aordin.a.ry ooDduet. of .. rural poe1tman
'19M doecrlbed to the Count,. Mag.16tra.tca on.
Sa.'turda.y when ErDeat Edwa~ Ses~'f 64,
Prlnoe o~ Wa.1~ Avenue, Reading, w~ chanred
with being guIlt.y of ImlaOOnd,uct wb.ereby . the
Of' poeteJ pa.ckets 1'188 end~ a.t
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F, J. tta.tillilfe defo""ed .
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price
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your bargain.

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:V,h<:reu pon defendant pusbed wltnes8 on one
side .and /swept l ip t he pos,al-packets, IDcludmg • "
~he list ,,?f th{~m that had, been made and~&d.e
off ou t of t he house, havtng screwed t ile whole' " !!.\d.~j,~: ... co.,u
up into a tl ~ h t roll, - Witness called to h.lJIl!Wi "
he W8.8 )eavlng and d koo ' him to hand: the ~ ,
paok.et6 pack. This lie refusoo to do, and wit- , It
netS told! liim he mU9 ~ do EO' or be wquld, be sus::
J?""'fed from duty. H. ,aid ~g.UL that iJre would , ..
not l'<!'tJrn them, and in His presence hVltness. ..
c!aUod' ,A-firs, ~pcr and a6kcd her to telepho ne J "
tjo the P.ostm,.ster of Reading a.np req~b t bun I "
fro rend out the Inspector of Postmen a.n~ also a. "
m~n tolperform tb!'.l remainder of defendant',
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work fo that day , withess then instructed
~t.onS to consider htmself suspended fronl duty:
He ru.a.d off to hJ8 lhut, lock~himseJ.f 1 in, and

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M!'U Order D~"",t",.nt
sptc~ al att~ntton to _ ,r•• "),"
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d oor ) to lreturn the post.aJ packets,) Rei saId he
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Pould oo~ do so, as he had burnetl them, Later :
the, S3.me e.VCDlng WItness asked defendant to
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furnilih Itn explanat io n of his oonduet o.nd a 8.VC
him an ~fficia l form for that purpOse, The .~ext
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tenlpor Wltn ~S8 had since prepared, from
\nruoory, ,a. , Iiot of the packct.s burned. I In tbe
¢8..se of lpeople ba.wDg gono away it r.as the
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babies died at h~m~ •

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Pas/:. Office a.nd bcf<i~ trua
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oonsld.craoJ.c amount of porres- I " ROYIi I . iCCC: _;Halfpenny picke ts be-arlD~ :no ~! office JS an
return to the 6Cnder would be de- j 1Ifr Vhf()tmt~
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Whurp h-q ~d prepo.red frOJn mem&ry.
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M.r, Cooper
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pointed ont! tha.t
were called,
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persons in quesffion had

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twe nty-fiye
8t.a.tlon-maat.er at
jur.; reij~ from active
lpJe.nt 54i yearR with the
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