TALES OF POVERTY.

Evening Star, Issue 12884, 6 August 1906, Page 8

TALES OF POVERTY.

Two awful cases'of poverty came before the London -courts on .March 8 last. George'C. Cock,-aged thirty-four,; went rrp to a policeman at.Claoham, and said he was in distress, and meant to do something. He then entered a shop and took six loaves from the counter, was pursued by the tradesman, and given into custody. After telling this story at the SouthWestern Court the constable that it was true that the man was out of work, and had six children at home crying for food. He would have 'assisted the familv himself if the landlady had not given them a shilling to buy necessaries. Mr Be Grey did not think the prisoner had committed an offence, and he would be discharged. The Prisoner: My children will still want. Mt De Grey : Something will be done for you. Temporary aid was given from the poorbox. After being bound over at Preston on a charge of stealing blankets, a frail-looking woman named Kellett collapsed, and was carried from the court. With only a few shillings weekly coming into the house she had to maintain herself, her husband, and five children, and latelv she had been confronted with death and considerable sickness. When arrested she remarkd : " It's through poverty. I wanted some money to Dav nv< r rent."