Axminster Petty Sessions: Tuesday: Before Mr. J. L. Scarbrough (chairman), Mr. R. M. Davy, Mr. C. E. Peek, Captain Forward and Captain A. P. Rogers … … School Cases: Abraham Newbery, farmer, Axminster, was summoned for not sending two children regularly to school. Defendant said measles had been very bad in the town. The schools had been closed, and since their re-opening he had not hurried his children to attend, as the disease was still prevalent: Fined 5s for each child. Mr. Pinsent, attendance officer, proved the case.
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GRO0520 Devonport: John Douglas Pinsent: 1872 – 1936