There was a musical interlude at Lambeth Police Court, when William Warner (70), a gardener, was charged before Mr H. G.. Rooth for begging. Warner denied that he was .begging, and said he was playing a tin whistle. Mr Rooth: The "Dead March" in "Saul," for instance? Warner: Yes. Mr Rooth: Then play it. Warner took a whistle froh. hi 3 pocket and played a tuneful melody. 'Mr Rooth: However brilliant a.performance that may hare been,! don't think Handel would have recognised it. Still I think a man who can play as well as that ought not to be here for begging. Don't come here again. Whenever you see a police officer approaching, out with the whistle, but if you must play the "Dead March," don't be so cheerfull Under the impression that the soul has a good appetite, a Paignton woman lias periodically •provided food for'a friend who 'died some years ago.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18669, 19 April 1926, Page 14
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