Passive Resisters: At the Newton Petty Sessions Tuesday, George Pinsent, Jabez Tucker, George Tucker, William Pascoe, William Henry Heath, Thomas Wyatt, James Turner, William Bond, jun., Arthur Wyatt, and John Robert Way, of Bovey Tracey, were summoned for the non-payment of the educational portion of the poor rate. Mr. Heath said they were hoping against hope that things would have altered before this, but the hope seemed to be a faint one. They protested on the ground that they wanted the management of their own money in educational matters. The chairman said he hoped that would be the last occasion on which it would be necessary for them to appear. The usual order would be made, one warrant to cover the whole of the cases.
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GRO0340 Bovey Tracey: George Pinsent: 1844 – 1937