Leighton
Buzzard High Street c.1900 (Wood and Company cooks, caterers and confectioners
at number 44) [Z1432/3/1/2/13]
Tuesday
9th April 1918: An unusual case was heard today at the
Leighton Buzzard Petty Sessions court, where four defendants were charged with
selling sweets at prices exceeding those allowed under the Sugar
(Confectionery) Order 1917. Joseph Wood of Messrs Garner, Wood and Company,
Leighton Buzzard, was said to have overcharged Superintendent Matthews for
fruit bonbons on March 28th, Susan Parsons and Mary Read for toffee on March
30th, and Oliver Osborn for sugared almonds, also on March 30th. All four
pleaded guilty. Superintendent Matthews said that while the Order had at first
been strictly observed, a number of shopkeepers had raised prices and
overcharging had now become widespread. Mrs Osborn [sic] said she had put her
prices up because the wholesalers had charged more. Joseph Wood was fined £1
and the other three defendants ten shillings each.
Source:
Luton News, 11th April 1918
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