On the Dole: Employers Said to Fight Shy of a Man: A young man who was arrested on warrant at Bognor, appeared at Torquay Police-court to-day, charged with failing to comply with a maintenance order made in favour of his wife on December 19th, 1927. The Magistrate’s Clerk (Mr. G. J. Lee-Barber) said the amount now owing was £37 10s. The wife, Vera Gweneth Pinsent. of Netley, Bampfylde-road said the order was for 2Ss a week. Her husband was a motor driver and did anything in the motor engineering line. There were two children – one aged four years and the other 16 months. The defendant, Donovan Pinsent, related his movements during year. He was in a job in London, and in February his employer said because he was a married man, separated from his wife, he could not continue to employ him. He went to Totnes and in May he obtained employment as a car driver. He left at the end of the summer and made efforts to get a good job in Southend, but it fell through. Since the commencement of September up to last of 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. He had not been drawing unemployment pay. “Employers fought shy of me because I was on the dole,” he said. The Chairman (Mr. W. Ball) said the case would be adjourned to see whether Pinsent would pay a sum of £4 down within ten days; and maintain payments of 10s a week until he was in a better position. Defendant agreed to do this.
[see also Torquay Express and South Devon Echo: Wednesday 5h December 1928]
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Referenced
GRO1076 Devonport: Vera Gweneth Salter: 1905 – 1986
GRO0174 Devonport: Donovan Henry Douglas Pinsent: 1901 – 1980