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at the Penybank Hotel. Her sister, Sarah Thomas, was in service at Bryntirion House, Fochriw. After hearing the evidence, the Bench considered the case proved and ordered the defendant to pay 3s 6d per week and costs.
12 December 1914 A Mother at Sixteen Sidney Evans, Penybank, was summoned at the instance of the Merthyr Board of Guardians, acting on behalf of Jane Griffiths, single woman, whose 16th birthday was in September, to show cause etc.. Mr. Pullibank appeared for the Board. Inspector Lamb said that when he served the summons, the defendant admitted the paternity. Mr. Pullibank told the court that the defendant was only 17 years of age. An order was made for 3s. 6d. per week.
24 April 1915 Fochriw Soldier's Child: Why A Girl Refused to Marry David Lewis of Fochriw, now a private in the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, was summoned by Mary Alice Davies. The Magistrate's Clerk had received a letter from the defendant admitting that he was the father of the child, and added that he had offered to marry the girl. She had refused. The Stipendiary asked the girl "Is this true?" "Yes sir," she replied, "I have already gone through my shame." Stipendiary: "You might have got rid of your shame by marrying him. It is senseless for a woman to refuse to marry the father of her child.” However, an order for three shillings and sixpence per week was made .
22 July 1933 Pontlottyn Police Court: Affiliation Benjamin Lewis of Rhymney, aged 28, was summoned by Mary Angell of Fochriw. Miss Angell said she first met the defendant in July 1931, and they kept company until last December when she told him she was in trouble. Lewis admitted laibility. An order was made for 6 shillings a week and costs.
18 May 1935 Affiliation Case Thomas Lewis, Fochriw, was summoned by Gladys Irene Gwynn in respect of the £25 14s 6d due under an affiliation order made in March 1929 for 6 shillings a week. Lewis said he was willing to pay. He was committed for a month, but the order was suspended so long as he paid 7s. a week.
8 June 1935 Pontlottyn Police Court: Affiliation Case David Thomas, a painter of Fochriw, was summoned by Maggie Davies, a single woman of Fochriw. The complainant, who could not read, said the child was born on 5th February. They courted for nine years. An order was made for 6 shillings a week.
12 December 1914 A Mother at Sixteen Sidney Evans, Penybank, was summoned at the instance of the Merthyr Board of Guardians, acting on behalf of Jane Griffiths, single woman, whose 16th birthday was in September, to show cause etc.. Mr. Pullibank appeared for the Board. Inspector Lamb said that when he served the summons, the defendant admitted the paternity. Mr. Pullibank told the court that the defendant was only 17 years of age. An order was made for 3s. 6d. per week.
24 April 1915 Fochriw Soldier's Child: Why A Girl Refused to Marry David Lewis of Fochriw, now a private in the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, was summoned by Mary Alice Davies. The Magistrate's Clerk had received a letter from the defendant admitting that he was the father of the child, and added that he had offered to marry the girl. She had refused. The Stipendiary asked the girl "Is this true?" "Yes sir," she replied, "I have already gone through my shame." Stipendiary: "You might have got rid of your shame by marrying him. It is senseless for a woman to refuse to marry the father of her child.” However, an order for three shillings and sixpence per week was made .
22 July 1933 Pontlottyn Police Court: Affiliation Benjamin Lewis of Rhymney, aged 28, was summoned by Mary Angell of Fochriw. Miss Angell said she first met the defendant in July 1931, and they kept company until last December when she told him she was in trouble. Lewis admitted laibility. An order was made for 6 shillings a week and costs.
18 May 1935 Affiliation Case Thomas Lewis, Fochriw, was summoned by Gladys Irene Gwynn in respect of the £25 14s 6d due under an affiliation order made in March 1929 for 6 shillings a week. Lewis said he was willing to pay. He was committed for a month, but the order was suspended so long as he paid 7s. a week.
8 June 1935 Pontlottyn Police Court: Affiliation Case David Thomas, a painter of Fochriw, was summoned by Maggie Davies, a single woman of Fochriw. The complainant, who could not read, said the child was born on 5th February. They courted for nine years. An order was made for 6 shillings a week.
4 December 1937 Pontlottyn Police Court An order of 7s 6d per week for the maintenance of a child was made against Stanley Russell of Fochriw who did not appear. The application was made by Dulcie Ann Carter of Deri who alleged Russell was the father of her child. Russell had now married another girl.
1 July 1939 Fochriw Girl's Child: Wedding Was Planned Herbert Charles Dobson, a railway fireman, of Swindon, was summoned at Pontlottyn Police Court on Friday, by Rachel Jane Bassett, a single woman, of Fochriw, on respect of a child. It was stated that they were to have been married on December 28th last at Merthyr Register Office, but Dobson failed to appear on the day. Before December 28th he had signed a note saying "I promise to give Ray Bassett's child a name by marriage." The magistrates made an order that Dobson should pay 10s. per week, and £5 3s costs.
1 July 1939 Fochriw Girl's Child: Wedding Was Planned Herbert Charles Dobson, a railway fireman, of Swindon, was summoned at Pontlottyn Police Court on Friday, by Rachel Jane Bassett, a single woman, of Fochriw, on respect of a child. It was stated that they were to have been married on December 28th last at Merthyr Register Office, but Dobson failed to appear on the day. Before December 28th he had signed a note saying "I promise to give Ray Bassett's child a name by marriage." The magistrates made an order that Dobson should pay 10s. per week, and £5 3s costs.
30 May 1942 Maintenance Arrears Brynmor Lewis, colliery engineman, Fochriw, was summoned by his wife, Amy Lewis, of Pleasant-view, Tirphil, in respect of £98 16s. arrears said to be due under a maintenance order. Lewis did not appear. Mrs. Lewis said the order, made on April 26, 1940, was for £1 per week, and she had only been paid £1 since the order was made. Lewis was committed to prison for three months, which will be suspended whilst he pays 5s. per week off the arrears.
31 October 1942 Fochriw Girl’s Child Cora Patricia Small, aged 20, single, of Glen-view, Pentwyn, applied to the Pontlottyn magistrates on Friday for an order against Ronald Stanley Clark, a soldier, of York, in respect of her child, born in June, 1941. It was stated that before joining the Army, Clark lived at Deri. Mr. John Evans appeared for Small and said that she and Clark had kept company for a number of years. Mr. Evans read letters from the
31 October 1942 Fochriw Girl’s Child Cora Patricia Small, aged 20, single, of Glen-