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Description: | Prosecutor: Elder Edward Hatchett of 17 Richmond Road, cycle manufacturer's clerk (secretary of the Sports Committee).
Witnesses: William Basham of 43 Upper Gresham Street, chief inspector; David Lucas of the Swimming Baths, Kettering (referee and handicapper for the races); Cyrus William Robert Pierce of 84 Royal Hill, Bexley Road, Erith, engineer; Charles Sims of 6 Church Terrace, Erith, athlete, brass finisher, cousin of accused; Robert Henderson Hendrick of 44 England Lane, South Hampstead, confectioner (competitor in the races); Francis Robert Green of 1 Percy Square, Kings Cross, London, athlete, member of the Finchley Harriers.
Accused: Leonard Button of 11 Glendale Road, Erith, Kent, athlete, carpenter and upholsterer.
Crime: attempting to obtain a diamond combination pin and stud worth £10 and an oak cutlery canteen worth £10 by false pretences (property of the Sports Committee of the Lincolnshire Road Club). Button ran and won two races under the name and with the handicap of Sims.
With related papers including correspondence, programme of the Annual Amateur Bicycle and Athletic Sports at Lindum Cricket Ground, Wragby Road, and race entry forms. Also includes some correspondence about a boundary scheme for Lincoln. | Subjects: | Country Estates Law & Order Church Of England Parishes Quarter Sessions Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | Aug 1899-Oct 1900 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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