Show ENGLISH JUSTICE baer shingi which m courts london truth A roan named john le pennington a working mason who had been in business and ailcie ail cil gut a friend to fill up and send in him a claim for return of income tax after the usual interval he received a money order for 4 odd addressed to him in his proper name and at bis own residence but the order was made payable at breaton Pr eaton he returned the order asking if it could be made payable at bristol and received in reply an apology with an order for the same amount made pay able aa suggested pen hington cashed the order and spent the money long after he received a notice somerset house that a mistake had been made together with a request for a return of the money on his failing naturally to comply proceedings were taken against him at the anil of the at general in due course he was arrested as a crown debtor and john do pt ia now in gloucester jail with every pros pi cl of remaining there for ilia rest of his life unless bome one will pay for him to air the sum of all as debt and cost man thomss clinch was found adeep while in charge of a engine belonging to arnold doaa at tun bridge wella for which they were duly fined 5 aj coat the then granted a som roona to arnold sons against clinch to recover the amount and coats alie poor fellow pleaded that he had been on duty bince a m until the time be was found by the constable namely 1130 p m that being twenty hours work despite this fact and the statement by clinch that hi wages only averaged to a week the wretched man was ordered to pay 3 ai ad and an additional lla cots for the second hearing by it is almost incredible to believe two equal aorl nightly installments J H wilson one 7 F hodgel both J pa at in whom inget certainly the quality of mercy is not stained committed a laborer charged with sleeping under a hayrick to reading jail for three months had this game laborer committed a violent and unprovoked assault he awauld in all probability have got off with a fine of 40 shillings truth therefore recommends any homeless wayfarer in his own interests to enter a house get into bed and refuse to leave it A man may as well be imprisoned for a comfortable bed as a comfort leaa habrick haj rick |