Introduction

It’s never too late to learn. It’s been my habit now for some years to look at various books and documents to which I have no connection but to which I think I should, at least, have a look to cover all options in my research and transcribing pursuits. One day not that long ago, I interrupted my transcribing and decided, on the spur of the moment, to order the magistrates' court books for the town in which I live and which became a borough in 1901. I have had an interest in petty sessions justices' minute books which have proved to be a mine of information, not just for names, but as a source of social and local history. I had no idea when I ordered these turn of the century magistrates' books that I was in for a surprise. I discovered not only family names but names of some of the grandparents of some of my friends. My town, in those days, was not so enormous as it has become to day and which is still growing out of all recognition. In my time and my parents' and grandparents' time, practically everyone knew of or about everyone else or was connected to them either in a close way or a tenuous way.

These books were not only a revelation but they showed how the law had changed from the turn of the new century in 1901 through to the end of the first World War with regard to petty crime and what we would now term minor offences which would never be brought to court at all. In 1914 things began to hot up in the Magistrates' Courts as several new Acts of Parliament appeared on the Statute Books which ensured that even more cases were brought before the Magistrates, not just the usual ones of drunkenness, prostitution, omitting to send a child to school, and evictions from rented accommodation although these continued to be a source of amazement as I recognised many local names.

Browsing through the Court Books and making notes, I was stopped in my tracks by finding the name of a first cousin of my Phillips family for playing football in the street to the detriment of passers by. Fortunately, the case was dismissed but I had the feeling that he had not got away with it for sullying the family name by having to appear in Court. Retribution was not always afforded by the Courts but also by the parent! It didn't take much for my imagination to run riot when I a case brought on the 16 Sept 1915 when a man was found: drunk while in charge of a bull in Wroughton Road three days previously. He pleaded guilty and was fined: 10s and costs. I have to confess, here, that I have appeared twice in court myself, so no doubt I should be on record somewhere in these books. Once, just after I had been married, for buying a pork pie for my tea, which turned out to be green with mould, but the pork butcher who had sold it to me had the local, notorious and wily solicitor appearing for him who literally `wiped the floor' with me and I lost my case! The other was appearing as a witness for a shop theft and to add to my success as a witness, that case was also lost. My husband appeared as a witness for the defence for a traffic accident case and this was won because he had done his homework well before appearing so I am sure that somewhere in records such as these for our home towns we would discover some of our friends and relations. All part of the family history pattern. To a certain extent, family history never ceases as there seems always to be something else lurking to be found, around the corner.

Jean Cole 2004

SWINDON MAGISTRATE COURT RECORDS
B7/110/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24
1915 - 1920
Offences and Court Cases
Vaccination declarations in a separate book - not survived.

ANGOVE Arthur, 15 October 1917. Absent without leave from the 2nd Anzac Cycle Corps. Guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/20
Army - 14 February 1916 Ten men AWOL from 3rd Wessex Royal Field Artillery. All pleaded guilty and remanded for escort. B7/110/17
Army - Army Cyclist Corps, see BOOKER Albert Edward; LENNON James; PEMBERTON Thomas; TICKLE Allan; 71st Div Army Cyclist Corps,, see COOKSON Tom; Army Reserve, see HOLLIS Alec William; 3rd Welsh Fusiliers, see WEBB Charles Simon; 3rd Battn Royal Irish Rifles, see DUNCAN Thomas; 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, see ROBERTS William; 5th Worcester Regt, see GRANALT Jacob; 7th Devon Regt, see HUGHES William; 10th Welsh Regt, see BEVAN Taliesin; 17th Royal Scots, see MCNEIL William; 116th Training Reserve Battn, see ROBERTS Harold Frank; Royal Flying Corps, see SLADE Charles Ernest
Army, New Zealand - 2nd Anzac Cycle Corps, see ANGOVE Arthur; WEBSTER Richard William
Army, Australian – Cyclist Corps, see BEATH Lawrence Fountain; KIRKWOOD Archibald; PEMBERTON Thomas; SCOTT James; SMITH Arthur; SPEARMAN Reginald; THOMPSON Ernest Shipley; WARMENT Sidney; 2nd Battn, Cyclist Corps, see GILBERT John Hand; 3rd Div Cyclist Corps, see CORBY Dudley James; JOHNSON Alexander; MCKAY William Henry; READ Charles Edward; SOLOMON Milton; 4th Tunnelling Battn, see MARSHALL Lionel; 4th Battn, Australian Imperial Force, see MACKAY William Henry; SULLIVAN George; 8th Australian Infantry, see BRILLIANT Neil; 9th Australian Light Horse, see ASLET William
Army, Canadian - 1st Canadian Cyclist Corps, see GREGORY Gillard; SCUDAMORE Reginald James; TURNBULL William; Field Artillery, see JACKSON John Wesley
Army - Highland Light Infantry - based around Swindon. Dec/Jan 1915/16. Several men AWOL. B7/110/17
Army - July 1916. Several cases of deserters from various army regiments including Australian Army. B7/110/18
ASLET William, see MOORE Supt

BARRETT Supt v Frank Portlock, 7 Oct 1920, owner of a dog which was not muzzled whilst in Commercial Road. 24 Sept. Guilty 7s 6d. B7/110/24
BEADLE Catherine, 26 October 1915 - drunk in charge of a child under 7 years of age (35 &36 Vict ch 94 S12). Guilty fined 5s. B7/110/16
BEATH Lawrence Fountain; 16 November 1916 Arthur Smith. Absentees without leave from Australian Cyclist Corps. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
BEVAN Taliesin, 25 Nov 1915. AWOL 10th Welsh Regt. Pleads guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/16
BIGNALL James, see WEYMAN William
BOOKER Albert Edward, 2 October 1916. Absentee without leave from Army Cyclist Corps, Chiseldon. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
BOWERMAN Rose v William Connor 2 March 1916. Stealing a quantity of false teeth - value £20. 15. 0d.: between 26 & 28 February. Remanded in custody until Mon next. Max penalty. Imprisonment 6 months. 6 March 1916 Pleaded guilty. Costs 15s. 14 days hard labour. B7/110/17
BRIGGS Leonard, see DEACON Elsie
BRILLIANT Neil, 21 Sept 1916. Absentee without leave from 8th Australian Infantry, Perham Down. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
Brothels - Note: During the war years several women were summoned for keeping a brothel - usually two months hard labour. B7/110/20
BROWN Florence, 22 April 1918. Wilfully neglecting to maintain her seven children whereby on 3 Dec became and are still chargeable to the Swindon & Highworth Union. Fined £5 or imprisonment one month. Case adj'd sine die. B7/110/20
BURCHALL Maurice, see WILLIAMS William

CARRINGTON Jack, see HAYES John Williams
CARTER Henry John & Louisa Carter. 19 March 1918. Defence of Realm Regs. Contravening the Sugar (Rationing) Order 1918 by obtaining a retailer's sugar tickets when they had no right to obtain it. 15 Feb. 1918. Max fine £100. Case dismissed. B7/110/20
CARTER Louisa, see CARTER Henry John
CHAMBERS Elizabeth, 5 July 1915 - application under Sec 58 (4) of the Children Act 1908 for an Order for Gertrude Chambers aged 9 to be sent to an Industrial School on the ground that the applicant is unable to control her. Adjourned for 3 weeks. 26 July Adjourned case sine die. Fees remitted. B7/110/16
CHAMBERS Gertrude, see CHAMBERS Elizabeth
CHANDLER Thomas Henry, 13 November 1916. Moving 4 pigs from the Cattle Market without a licence. 23 Oct. (57 & 58 Vict ch 57 s 51). Max fine £5 each animal. Pleaded guilty. Fined £1 10s + 4s costs. B7/110/18
CHISLETT Emily, see PHILLIPS Walter John
CONNOR William, see BOWERMAN Rose
COOKSON Tom, 4 January 1917. Absentee without leave from 71st Div. Army Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
CORBY Dudley James, see MCKAY William Henry
COUCH Arthur, see HILL Percy George
COUCH Thomas Edward, see HILL Percy George
County Café, 13 December 1917. Contravening the Public Meals Order 1917 by failing whilst having the management of a public eating place called the County Café, 15 Wood Street, to keep a register of meals served and of food used. Defence of the Realm Regulations. Max fine £100. Pleaded not guilty. Fined £5. One month or distress. B7/110/20
COX Ernest, 19 October 1916, fined £4. 9s 6d + 10s 6d costs. Archie Hancock, pleaded not guilty. Fined £4. 9s 6d + 10s 6d costs. B7/110/18

DAVIS Isabella, see MOORE Supt
DAY John, 26 July 1917. 3 boys aged 13 and 14 for stealing apples to value 4d growing in an orchard belonging to John Day - one boy found guilty and fined 2s 6d. B7/110/19
DEACON Elsie - Leonard Briggs, 1 June 1916. Arrears of Bastardy order. £4 12s 6d. Max fine . Distress or imprisonment. Non appearance by defendant. Warrant issued. B7/110/17
DIXON Ruth, 5 December 1918, riding a bicycle without lights. Max fine £100. Fined 15s. 14 days to pay or distress. B7/110/21
DUNCAN Thomas, 19 September 1918. Absent without leave from 3rd Battn Royal Irish Rifles, Larkhill. Guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/21

FORD Thomas, see WILLIAMS William
FRY Percy Neal, see Music Licence

GEE Eliza Jane, see GEE Frederick
GEE Frederick, 4 October 1915. By making false statements and otherwise to obtain for his mother, Eliza Jane Gee, the payment of a military allowance on 22 May 1915. Max fine £25. Imp. 3 months. Pleaded guilty. Fined £1 + costs £1. 1s. B7/110/16
GILBERT John Hand, 19 February 1917. Absentee without leave from 2nd Battn. Australian Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
GINSBERG Albert, see MOORE Supt
GODDARD Albert Henry, 11 April 1918, keeping a dog without a licence 3 April. Guilty fined 19s (Max fine £5). B7/110/20
GODDARD Ernest, 5 July 1916, failing to shade or obscure external lights at a brickworks in Wootton Bassett Road at 1.30 am. 25 June. Max fine £100. Pleaded not guilty. fined £1.10. B7/110/18
GODDARD Mary, 27 February 1919, pleaded not guilty to assisting in the management of a brothel at 11 Charles Street, Swindon between 20 January and 23 February. One month's hard labour. - Note - there were others in the house including the owner/tenant - all sentenced. B7/110/21
GODDARD Maud, 1 February 1917. parent of Stanley Holmes aged 9 - child stealing boots on 23 January Fined 2s 6d. Parent bound over for 12 months for good behaviour of the child. B7/110/19
GODDARD Maud, 25 February 1918, stealing a tin of salmon, value 1/9, property of the World's Stores Ltd. 23 February. Guilty fined 10s + 5s costs. Bound over for 6 months. B7/110/20
GRANALT Jacob, 27 May 1918. Absent without leave from 5th Worcester Regt. Guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/21
GRANDIN Edward, see ROGERS Edward
GREGORY Gillard, 1 March 1917. Absentee without leave from Canadian Cyclist Corps, Chiseldon. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
GWR Co, 15 April 1915. Appointment of Special Constable. Costs 1s. Granted. B7/110/16

HALESTRAP James, 18 May 1916. Wheeling a bicycle 11.5 pm, without a light. 11 May. (Lights Vehicle Order). Max fine £100. Pleaded guilty. 4s costs. Case dismissed. PO Act. B7/110/17
HANCOCK Archie, see COX Ernest
HANDLIN Mary, 24 May 1917. Failure to close her shop. 24 Manchester Road, for the serving of customers at 8pm. 15 May. Defence of Realm Regs. Max fine £100. Pleaded guilty - fined 5s.
HANDLIN Mary, see PHILLIPS Walter John
HAYES Edith Maud, see HAYES John Williams
HAYES John Williams, 5 May 1919 Bigamy. John Williams Hayes als Jack Carrington bigamously marrying Edith Emily Hobbs. Edith Maud, his former wife, being then alive 12 August 1918. Triable at Devizes. Remanded in custody for one week (24&25 Vict c100 s57). Married 3 August 1912. Committed for trial at Devizes. B7/110/22
HERBERT Leslie John, 1 January 1917. Pleaded guilty. 14 days hard labour. Badges to be forfeited. B7/110/18
HERBERT Leslie John, 23 December 1916.. Contravening Defence of the Realm Regulations, by wearing naval uniform without being authorized. 22 December. Max fine £100 or Imp. 6 months. Remanded in custody for one week. 28 December. Remanded in custody till Mon next. B7/110/18
HILL Abraham, 20 March 1916, to show cause why an order should not be made requiring him to contribute towards the maintenance of his son in the Milton Industrial School, Farnborough. Defendant offers 2s per week. Order for 2s 6d per week, deft to pay costs 7s. B7/110/17
HILL Percy George, 11 January 1917. Selling cigarettes to Arthur and Thomas Edward Couch, persons under 16 years of age. 28 Dec. Pleaded guilty. Fined £1 in each case. B7/110/18
HOBBS Edith Emily, see HAYES John Williams
HOLLEMANS Jan, see TANNER Gladys
HOLLIS Alec William, 9 September 1918, being a member of the Army Reserve - failing to attend for military service when requested by notice to do so. Pleaded not guilty. Handed over to the Military. B7/110/21
HOLMES Stanley, see GODDARD Maud
HORSPOOL Julia Florence, see MOORE Supt
HUGHES William, see MOORE Supt

JACKSON John Wesley, 21 September 1918. Absent without leave from Canadian Field Artillery, Witley Camp, Surrey. Guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/21
JANSSENS Jean, see TANNER Gladys
JOHNSON Alexander (Alec), see MCKAY William Henry

KANE George William, 10 May 1917, wheeling a hand cart without a light at 9.45 pm. 1 May. Defence of the Realm Regulations. Max fine £100. Case dismissed. B7/110/19
KEEHNER William, 21 June 1915. While staying at the County Commercial Hotel, Newport Street. failing to furnish to the proprietor thereof and sign a statement containing the information required for the purpose of compiling a register required to be kept by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Order 1915 (4&5 Geo 5 ch12 S1(2). Max fine £100 or Imp 6 months. Costs 3s 6d. Withdrawn. No evidence offered. B7/110/16
KIRKWOOD Archibald, see PEMBERTON Thomas

LENNON James, 14 February 1917. Absentee without leave from Army Cyclist Corps, Chiseldon. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19

MACKAY William Henry, 7 August 1918. Absent without leave from 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force. Guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/21 (See also MCKAY)
MACLULICK John Pear, 19 March 1918 - found drunk in Sheppard Street on 15 March. Guilty fined 10s - no goods - 7 days in prison. B7/110/20
MANNERS Alfred James, see MOORE Supt
MARSHALL Lionel, 11 October 1916. Absentee without leave from 4th Tunnelling Battn, Australian Imperial Force. Parkhouse. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
MASON William Charles, 5 July 1917. Sleeping in an unoccupied building and not having then any visible means of subsistence. Max 3 months HL. Guilty - convicted of being a rogue and vagabond. 28 days HL (Hard Labour). B7/110/19
MAZZOLENI Peter, 17 April 1916. Oath of Allegiance. Granted. Costs 2s 6d. B7/110/17
MCKAY William Henry, 16 August 1916. Absentee without leave from 3rd Div. Australian Cyclist Corps, Chiseldon. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18 (See also MACKAY)
MCKAY William Henry; 31 August 1916, Alexander Johnson; Charles Edward Read. Absentees without leave from Australian Cyclist Corps. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
MCKAY William Henry; 14 Sept 1916 Alec Johnson; Milton Solomon; Dudley James Corby. Absentees without leave from Australian Cyclist Corps. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
MCKAY William Henry, 16 October 1916. Absentee without leave from 2nd Battn. Australian Army. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
MCNEIL William, 23 December 1915. Absentee without leave from 17th Royal Scots. Pleaded guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/17
MCNEIL William, 9 December 1915. Absentee without leave from 17th Royal Scots. Pleaded guilty. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v Alfred James Manners 10 May 1915. Allowing intoxicating liquor to be consumed at the Empire Theatre after 9 pm in contravention of an Order made by the Licensing Justices under the Intoxicating Liquor (Temporary) Restriction Act 1914. 17 April. Pleaded guilty. Max fine £50. Fined £20 + £5. 5s costs. Distress or one month. B7/110/16
MOORE Supt v Albert Painter 16 Sept 1915. Drunk while in charge of a bull in Wroughton Road. 13 Sept. Max fine or Imp one month. Pleaded guilty. Paid 10s costs. B7/110/16
MOORE Supt v John James Sinnott & Mary Elizabeth Sinnott. 17 February 1916. Allowing a child under 7, Kathleen Mary Sinnott aged 3, to be in a room containing an open fire. Grate not sufficiently protected to guard against the risk of the child being burnt. 5 Feb. (5 Edwd 78 ch67 s 15). Max fine £10. Pleaded not guilty. Case dismissed. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v Walter John Phillips. 20 April 1916. Driving a cart without a rear light at 8.30 pm. 11 April. No appearance by defendant. Fined 5s. Distress or 7 days. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v William Hughes 25 April 1916. Absentee from 7th Devon Regiment, Plymouth (44 & 45 Vict ch 58 & 154). Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. Court costs 2s. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v Albert Ginsberg, 4 May 1916. Driving a motor cycle without being licensed and without a red rear light. 29 April. (3 Edw 7 ch3 S5). Max fine £20. Summons withdrawn under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v William Aslet, 15 May 1916. Absentee without leave from the 9th Australian Light Horse. Pleaded not guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v William Aslet, 31 May 1916. Absentee without leave from the 9th Australian Light Horse. Pleaded not guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/17
MOORE Supt v Isabella Davis, 8 July 1918. Contravening Aliens Restriction Order 1916 by failing to require Albert Sydney Stokes, a person staying at her lodging house No 3 Volta Road, to furnish a statement as to his nationality in the form prescribed. 24 June. (4&s Geo 5 ch5 S1(2)) Guilty. As above for Julia Florence Horspool - guilty. B7/110/21
MOSS Ada, 30 December 1915.. Obtaining 4s army pay by means of a false statement. (47 & 48 Vict.ch55 s 3) Pleaded not guilty. Fined £2. 4s 0d. + £1. 10s costs - one month allowed to pay. Distress or one month. B7/110/17
Motor Spirit Restriction Order, Many summoned for contravening the Motor Spirit Restriction Order 1918 by using petrol or petrol substitute for the purpose of driving a motor car. Max fine £100 but generally from around £2 to 10s + costs. Several summoned for leaving cars unattended and obstructing various streets from 20 minutes to a few hours. B7/110/20
MOUNTJOY James v Frederick Perry (aged 25), 13 December 1915. stealing a quantity of chocolates and two oranges, value 5d. 12 December. Pleaded guilty. Costs 15s. 14 days hard labour. B7/110/17
MURPHY Ellen, 30 October 1916. Drunk and disorderly in Little London. 30 October. Pleaded guilty. 4 days Police detention. B7/110/18
Music Licence - 25 April 1916 County Electric Pavilion, Regent Street. Transfer of Music Licence from Kate Wise to Percy Neal Fry. Granted. B7/110/17

NICKOLS Francis, (14), 17 April 1919. playing football with other boys in Sanford Street to the annoyance of passengers on 2 April. Parent of Francis Nickols - Herbert Nickols - not guilty. B7/110/22
NICKOLS Herbert, see NICHOLS Francis
NYE Henry v George Woolford, 15 June 1916. Cruelty to a donkey by working it in an unfit state. (42 Geo 5 ch27 S1) Max fine £25. Pleaded guilty. Costs 4s. Dismissed under PO Act. Fees remitted. B7/110/17

OLAND Victor, see WILLIAMS William
OVENS Edith, 19 October 1917, failing to reduce and shade a light at a shop 4 Bath Road at 7.15 pm Defence of the Realm Regulation. Max fine £100. Fined £1. B7/110/20

PAINTER Albert, see MOORE Supt
PAINTER John Thomas, 13 August 1917. Pharmacy Act 1868. Selling poison known as diachylon to various persons unknown to him, John Thomas Painter, and failing to enter in a book, the purpose and particulars required by the act (contained in a wrapper and not labelled). Guilty on all three charges £3. 2s 6d each charge. (OED - Diachylon - medicant composed of juices - kind of ointment composed of vegetable juices now known as lead plaster made by boiling together litharge (lead oxide), olive oil and water - adheres when heated). B7/110/19
PEMBERTON Thomas, 8 July 1916, absentee without leave from the Army Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
PEMBERTON Thomas, 20 July 1916, absentee with out leave from the Army Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
PEMBERTON Thomas; 23 December 1916, Sidney Warment; Archibald Kirkwood. Absentees without leave from the Army Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
PERRY Frederick, see MOUNTJOY James
PHILLIPS Walter John, 7 August 1916. Failing to obscure or shade a light at a shop at 126 Manchester Road at 10.55 pm on 29 July. Non appearance by defendant. Fined £1 - distress or 14 days. B7/110/18. As above for same offence at the same time in Manchester Road - Mary Handlin, 24 Manchester Road. Emily Chislett, 53 Manchester Road. all fined £1. Handlin and Chislett appeared. B7/110/18
PHILLIPS Walter John, 30 October 1916. Failing to carry a rear light on a cart at 7.30 pm. 19 October. No appearance by defendant. Max fine £100. Defence of the Realm Regulations. Fined 7s 6d - distress or 7 days. B7/110/18
PHILLIPS Walter John, see MOORE Supt
PIDCOCK Emily, 26 March 1917.. Pretending to tell fortunes to deceive and impose on certain of HM's subjects (5 Geo 4. ch83 s4). Max fine. £25 or 3 months. - Imposed £2 fine + 10s costs. Convicted of being a rogue and vagabond. B7/110/19
PORTLOCK R., see PRIDHAM John Walter
Potatoes - Defence of the Realm Regulations. Potatoes (Consolidation) Order 1918. 18 lbs Potatoes sold for 1/10 1/2d - max price being 1/6: 7 lbs Potatoes sold for ten pence halfpenny - max price being 7d. 15 cwts Potatoes sold for 10/- per cwt - Max price 8/6. B7/110/22
PRIDHAM John Walter, 28 July 1919 Complainant - John Walter Pridham against R Portlock. Application for ejectment warrant. Warrant to eject after 28 days. B7/110/22

READ Charles Edward, see MCKAY William Henry
READ Jenny, 14 Oct 1915. Employing Florence Sharpe a child under 14 in the Empire Theatre after 8pm. 11th & 12th Oct. Pleaded guilty. Fined 10s on each count. B7/110/16
Regulation, 1915 - Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk shops Regulations. Failure to comply. Max fine £5. B7/110/16
ROBERTS Harold Frank, 7 October 1918. Absent without leave from the 116th Training Reserve Battn,. Clipson Camp, Market Harborough. Guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/21
ROBERTS William, 4 October 1915. AWOL from 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/16
ROGERS Edward, v Edward GRANDIN aged 40 years. 29 April 1915. Embezzling sum of 10s on 9 March and 15s on 3 April, the moneys of his employer. Max fine £20 or 3 months. Pleaded not guilty. Costs 15s. One month with hard labour. B7/110/16
ROMANS Albert, see ROMANS George
ROMANS George, 25 Nov 1915 to show cause why an Order should not be made for him to contribute towards the maintenance of his Mother chargeable to the Swindon & Highworth Union. Defendant shows cause. Order made 2s 6d per week. Deft. to pay half costs of 11s. B7/110/16; As above for Albert Romans to pay 1s 6d per week and one half costs of 14s. B7/110/16

SCOTT James, 27 November 1916; Reginald Spearman. Absentees from Australian Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18
SCUDAMORE Reginald James, 23 January 1917, absentee without leave, from the Canadian Cyclists Corps, Chiseldon. Guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
SHARLAND Louisa, 12 April 1915, common prostitute, behaving indecently in Morley Street backs on 10 April. Max fine £5/Imprisonment one month. Pleaded not guilty. Costs 4s. Convicted of being an idle & disorderly person. Sentenced to 28 days hard labour. Note. This was the general verdict & punishment for women found guilty as prostitutes. B7/110/16
SHARLAND Louisa, 13 July 1916, common prostitute, behaving indecently in Crombey Street (5 Geo 4 ch83 s5) Committed to Q/S for sentence. Pleaded not guilty. Previous convictions as a rogue and vagabond. Convicted of being an incorrigible rogue with the Section of the Vagrancy Act 1824 and adjudged to be imprisoned at HM Prison at Bristol and kept to hard labour until the next Q/S. B7/110/18
SHARPE Florence, see READ Jenny
SINNOTT John James, see MOORE Supt
SINNOTT Kathleen Mary, see MOORE Supt
SINNOTT Mary Elizabeth, see MOORE Supt
SLADE Charles Ernest, 8 February 1917. absentee without leave from the Royal Flying Corps. 2 Feb 1917. Manchester. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
SMITH Arthur, see BEATH Lawrence Fountain
SMITTEN William, 30 July 1917. Selling cigarettes - William Smitten to Frederick Welch, a person under 16. 22 July. Guilty fined 10s. B7/110/19
SOLOMON Milton, see MCKAY William Henry
SPEARMAN Reginald, see SCOTT James
STOKES Albert Sydney, see MOORE Supt
SULLIVAN George, 17 June 1918. Absent without leave from 4th Battn. Guilty. Australian Imperial Force. Remanded to await escort. B7/110/21
Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1785 - maintenance. B7/110/16

TANNER Gladys, 8 February 1917. Ejectment warrants by Gladys Tanner against Jean Janssens, Pierre Ververs (did not appear), Jan Hollemans, Isidor Van Hoey. Warrants issued. 21 days. Costs 4s 6d each. - Belgians??? B7/110/19
THOMPSON Ernest Shipley, 5 April 1917. Absentee without leave from 2nd Coy of Australian Cyclist Corps, Chiseldon. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
TICKLE Allan, 14 February 1917. Absentee without leave from Army Cyclists Corps, Chiseldon. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
TUCKER Daniel, 23 Sept 1915 riding a bicycle on the footpath of Redcliffe Street. Fined 5s. Max fine £2. B7/110/16
TURNBULL William, 30 December 1916. Absentee without leave from 1st Canadian Cyclist Corps, Draycott. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/18

VAN HOEY Isidor, see TANNER Gladys
VERVERS Pierre, see TANNER Gladys

WALKER William, 4 Nov 1915. Loitering in East Street and Oxford Street for the purpose of betting 27 -28 October. (6 Edwd 7 ch 43 S1). Max fine £10. Pleaded guilty. Fined £2. 15 on each count (£ 7. 10s.). B7/110/16
WALL George Frank, 19 October 1916. Selling new milk which was not of the nature, substance and quality demanded. 9 September. (38 &39 Vict. ch63 s6). Pleaded guilty. Fined £5 + 10s 6d costs. B7/110/18
WARMENT Sidney, see PEMBERTON Thomas
Warrants, Various ejectment warrants granted. B7/110/16
WATSON Henry, April 1915. Continual offender. aged 40. Found drunk in Wellington Street. Fined 5s. distress or 7 days. B7/110/16
WEBB Charles Simon, 5 Nov 1915. AWOL from 3rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Liverpool. Pleaded guilty. Remanded for escort. B7/110/16
WEBSTER Richard William, 5 April 1917. Absentee without leave from the Cycle Corps of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Remanded for escort. B7/110/19
WELCH Frederick, see SMITTEN William
WENSLEY Mona, Defence of the Realm Regulations, riding a bicycle without lights at 6.15 pm. 25 October 1918. Max Fine £100. Fined 4s 3d inc. costs. B7/110/21
WEYMAN William, 22 June 1916. Contravening the Order of the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) by consuming at the Golden Lion Inn, intoxicating liquor which some other person had paid for and James Bignall for aiding and betting. Max fine in both cases £100. Both pleaded guilty. Both fined £1 or 14 days in default of payment, or distress. B7/110/17
WILLIAMS Henry Albert, 24 August 1916. Drunk and disorderly in Faringdon Street. 23 August. (35 &36 Vict ch112 s 12) Pleaded not guilty. Fine £20 or Imp. 6 months. 14 days hard labour. B7/110/18
WILLIAMS William, aged 21, 2 May 1918 Victor Oland aged 17, Maurice Burchell aged 16, Thomas Ford aged 14 - wilfully placing a door mat upon the tramway lines in Victoria Road. 31 March - all pleaded not guilty. All fined 4s 4d each + 8d costs. Distress or 7 days. B7/110/20
WISE Kate, see Music Licence
WOOLFORD George, see NYE Henry
WRIGHT William, 18 January 1917.. Two cases of keeping a common gaming house at No 8A Regent Street between 11 & 14 January (17 &18 Vict ch38 s 4). Max fine £500/Impr 12 months. Deft elects to be dealt with by a jury. Remanded for one week, existing bail to stand. B7/110/18

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