This post is about the delicate matter of the master’s son taking advantage of a household servant, and his attempt to wriggle out of paying for his behaviour. If you are easily shocked, please read no further. The Sussex Advertiser of the 24 March 1863 has a detailed account of the proceedings before the Bench. […]
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In Victorian times ratepayers had to pay for maintaining the inmates in the local union workhouse. They had every incentive to save money by avoiding this, so magistrates, invariably ratepayers themselves, would “remove” those in need of assistance, and not entitled to live in the parish, to their home parish, whether they were already in […]