Love thy neighbour in Victoria Road... Thamar Austin, Berkhampstead, was charged with committing a breach of the peace by using threats of violence to Mary Ann White, a neighbour. Mrs. White said she occupied No. 22, and Austin No. 19, Victoria-road, and on previous occasions she had received abuse from defendant. On this occasion, she was in her own house, and, without provocation, Austin used vile expressions to her and struck at her daughter. A short time before she had complained of Austins little girl getting in her garden and taking currants. Mr. W.H. Hobson, of Highfield House (the grounds of which adjoin Victoria-road), stated that on the evening in question he was in his garden and heard, at the distance of 100 yards, some of the vilest language he ever listened to. He had heard the same foul language used by Austin before, and his family had been obliged to go indoors on account of it. He knew Mrs. White to be a respectable woman. Defendant... stated she said to Mrs. White that she ought to have been at home looking after her currants and raspberries instead of being out drinking, and she ought to be ashamed of making a noise about a few currants when she knew what she (Austin) had given her [Whites] daughter. Mrs. White called her a bad name first. Deputy Chief Constable Pearson said defendant had been bound over to keep the peace before, and he asked that she might be again bound over for six months. (Bucks Herald, Aug 1888). Didnt last long... Tamar Austin, of Berkhampstead was charged with using abusive and disgusting language in Victoria-road. Anne Marriott, a neighbour, and Eliza Cutler gave evidence, and defendant was bound over in her own recognisances to be of good behaviour. (Bucks Herald, Nov 1888).
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