Machynlleth Again, this is not easy to read,
but it says: Constable Jones often
had trouble with his spelling ! More about
Constable Jones on the next page...
Crime
and punishment
A
better class of drunk
Most
of the problems of the sort seen on the last page which Constable Jones
faced were caused by men having too much to drink.
Occasionally though, he would have trouble in a very different household.
In May 1846 he was called in by a local
clergyman to deal with his son. Clergyman
- a vicar or minister of religion.
"On duty in town.
Sent for by the Revd. Lazerus Venerables [Lazarus
Venables] his son Lazerus Venerbles being drunck [drunk]
and disorderly in his father[s] house. Took
and Locked him up."