Sapper LEWIS, Ruardean? 1918 (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Sunday, March 30, 2014, 20:16 (3885 days ago) @ dink999

This rather sad report from the Gloucester Citizen 30th July, 1921,

Littledean Petty Sessions

William Edward Lewis and Rosina, his wife, were both sent to gaol for having, on recent dates, so neglected their children as to cause them unnecessary pain and suffering - Mr Justin R??s represented the N.S.P.C.C - Inspector Hemsley and P.C.Crump gave evidence. Last autumn the defendants in a similar case were bound over for a year. The evidence showed that while the children were well nourished, it was neglect by their mother which was the basis of the complaint. £40 worth of new bedding, etc had been ruined through the children's dirty habits. Recently the mother went into the Workhouse, to be confined, and the children went with her, and there they were all made clean and wholesome. The sentences were two months in gaol for each defendant.

Lewis pleaded guilty to a further charge of stealing four cabbages, value 1s, from the Court gardens at Westbury on Severn, the property of Miss Curre, and was fined 20s.

I guess this refers to the couple in question.