Petty Sessions: Tuesday: Before Mr. S. Sanders Stephens (chairman), Captain Forward, Mr. /C. Boucher, and Captain Cann. … … School Cases: Thomas House, of Axminster, was summoned for not sending his child regularly to school. George Pinsent, (?) school attendance officer, proved the case. Defendant said the boy was an inveterate truant, and kindness and harshness alike failed to make the boy obedient. Fined 2s 6d. Thomas Gay, Fairy Lane, Axminster, was similarly summoned, and was fined 2s 6d.
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GRO0520 Devonport: John Douglas Pinsent: 1872 – 1936