Waller
Street, Luton c.1905 [Z1306/75/10/60/3]
Monday
14th October 1918: Amy Lawson, aged 25, a munition worker
lodging at 63 Church Street, Luton, has pleaded guilty to having been drunk and
incapable in Waller Street last night. Police Sergeant Matsell said that he had
found her helplessly drunk at 11.30 p.m. He lifted her up but found she could
not stand, and with the help of Inspector Janes he got her to the police
station. Miss Lawson is a single woman from Rochdale working at George Kent’s,
who has been lodging in Luton for eight weeks. She expressed her sorrow for
being in such a position and agreed to enter into a bond to abstain, however
she was a “frequenter of public houses” she was fined ten shillings and no bond
was imposed, the magistrate appearing to be concerned that it would simply lead
to her getting into more trouble.
Source:
Luton News, 17th October 1918
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