| Desertion of Family—At a special sitting of the Wellingborough Police Court yesterday, George Baker, formerly of Rushden, labourer, was charged with absconding from that place on February 10th 1913, and leaving his wife and children chargeable to the Wellingborough Union since February 19th 1913.—Mr. G. R. Turner, relieving officer, said that the wife and children had cost the Union £42. Defendant joined the Army in October 1915, but after about seven months was discharged as medically unfit. The Union authorities knew where the defendant was, but while he was in the Army they did not take action.—Defendant said he had just started work on a farm, and was arrested by P.C. Powell on Wednesday evening. He was living with his wife now. When he left the district in 1913 he said he went to work at Doncaster. It was not all his fault he left, as he and his wife were continually quarrelling.—The Bench said defendant had a very bad record of previous convictions, and there seemed to be very little prospect of getting back the £42 which defendant had robbed the ratepayers of. Defendant would go to prison for six weeks. |
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