Respect for the Law has not changed in 150 years:
From: Worcester Journal. 28th.Sept.1872.
At the Police Court, on Friday, before Messrs: B.Littlewood & J.B.Cochrane. Jeremiah GARRATT, Thomas GARRATT and Henry William EATON of Cradley; were charged with assault on P.C.Hyde, and Thomas GARRATT was also charged with furious driving. Hyde was at Oldswinford on the night of the 18th., when defendants came up in a trap, the horse in which was being whipped and driven at a furious rate. Hyde stopped the trap to ascertain who was in it, and the defendants commenced a violent attack on him, and he was struck with a board and a whip. The Bench fined the defendants 20s. and costs, or a month in default, for the assault: and Thomas GARRATT 1s. and costs, or seven days in default for the furious driving.
Thomas was my Gt/Grandfather!!!!
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