“Banker” at Shepshed: Nine Shepshed men, William Danvers, Baden Lester, Frank and Walter Danvers, Baden Lester (sic), William Coe, Walter Pinsent, Arthur Coulson and Sidney Brotherhood were summoned for playing “banker” at Shepshed on October 3rd. P.C. Childs spoke to being with P.C. Brooks on Sunday afternoon and seeing the defendant’s playing “banker” in a field. They bolted on the approach of the constables but were recognized. Only Lester appeared at Court, and it was stated that the defendants were not youths, the youngest being eighteen. Frank and Walter Elliott and Pinsent were fined 10s each, Lester 15s, Danvers, Corah, Coe, Coulson and Brotherhood £1 each.
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GRO0873 Tiverton: Walter Pinsent: 1897 – 1947