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Taunton Courier. Bristol and Exeter Journal, and Western Advertiser. Wednesday 10 Mar 1909
Page 5 Column 2
WELLINGTON.
FOR REPAIRS to PORTABLE and TRACTION ENGINES – ALLEN & SON, Taunton. [H6739
PETTY SESSIONS, Friday. - The Bench had before them plans for the erection of necessary sanitary accommodation at the White Hart Hotel, and on Mr. Norman LANGDON promising the work should be carried out the Bench granted the license which they had adjourned from the annual Licensing Court. - Mr. W.T. BOOKER, Wellington, applied for the transfer of the license of the Barley Mow Inn, Rockwell Green, the owners of which are the Tiverton & Devonport Brewery Co., to David Wm. HITCHCOCK, a course which the Bench assented to. --- John TRENCHARD, locomotive proprietor, of Sampford Moor, was summoned for driving a locomotive on the highway on February 12th, at Sampford Moor, without having a person in front of the locomotive as prescribed by Section 5 of the Locomotive Act. - After hearing the evidence of P.C. SPEARING and P.S. PARSONS the Bench dismissed the case, at the same time intimating that the police did quite right in bringing the matter forward.
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES AT WELLINGTON. - At Wellington Police-court on Saturday, Frederick Marmaduke ORCHARD, photographer, of Taunton, was brought up in custody charged with obtaining 2s 6d by false pretences from Sarah Jane FOWLER, of Hillfarrance, on February 10th. - The evidence showed that prisoner and another man called at Mrs. FOWLER's and took a photograph of the house offering to sell her one dozen post-card copies of the same for 2s 6d. She said she would have them and pay for them when prisoner brought them. He said they were perfectly reliable as they were COX's of Taunton. On hearing this she paid the money knowing that Mr. COX was a photographer of Taunton, who had a shop in Station-road. As she did not receive her photos she called at Mr. COX's who said he knew noting about it. - Mr. COX said prisoner was not in his employ, and he did not know him. He had five people complaining to him that they had paid money to a man representing himself as COX of Taunton, for photographs, but had not received them. - Prisoner denied stating that he was COX, though he had been mistaken for him. - The Bench adjourned the case until Wednesday to enable further evidence to be procured, including some receipts given by prisoner stated to have been signed COX. - Prisoner was liberated on bail.