Maintenance Case: Motor Driver Charged at Torquay: Donovan Pincent, who was arrested on a warrant at Bognor, appeared at Torquay Police Court yesterday, charged with failing to comply with a maintenance order made in favour of his wife December 19, 1927. The amount alleged to be owing was £37 10s. The wife, Vera Gwenneth Pincent, of Netley, Bampfylde-road, said the order was for 25s a week. Her husband was a motor driver and did everything in the motor engineering line. There were two children, four years, and 16 months old. The defendant said since the commencement of September, up to last week, he had been unemployed. Now he was in work at Brighton, where he earned 48s a week, of which he paid 34s 6d for his keep. The Chairman (Mr. W. Ball) said the case would be adjourned to see whether Pincent would pay a sum of £4 down within ten days, maintain payments of 10s a week until he was in better position. Defendant agreed to do this.
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GRO1076 Devonport: Vera Gweneth Salter: 1905 – 1986
GRO0174 Devonport: Donovan Henry Douglas Pinsent: 1901 – 1980