Impression sketch of
a German Lover's Lies - by Jamie.
In a lover's tale
of lovers wronged -
In events of war
and before -
Are as old as
love itself; as of case
In London, on 21 June
1915.
Ivy Mooney in
defence, entered
The witness box
to state
How in November
1907, aged 19,
She worked in a
teashop
On the strand,
meeting her lover.
Adolph
Goldschmidt, a German
And naturalised
British
Subject - took
Ivy out to dinners
And theatres, on
her nights
Off - so a relationship deepened.
Ivy moved with
Adolph to Staines,
To be together - here he
Told her he would
marry her, but
First to wait
till his post
Improved - for
some eight years.,
Together - when
on 21 June, Ivy
Mooney went to his
flat
In Warrington
Crescent - intent
In her purpose - aimed
A revolver and
fired a bullet.
Charged with malicious
intent,
Ivy pleaded not
guilty -
As the prosecutor
Adolph, denied
Any promise to
marry
Or give her money
for a operation.
Mr Justice Ivory,
of Central
Criminal Court stated,
If her version of
his treatment
Were true, it was
to be
Expected of his
nationality.
Such another
lover’s tale in war,
Came to a
conclusion;
For Ivy Mooney's
attempt to hurt,
Led to verdict of
not guilty.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Tea-Shop
Girl Acquitted – Judge and German Behaviour. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 26 July. P.4. Col.4. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11742053/Daily-Telegraph-July-26-1915.html
[Accessed: 27 July 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 27 July
2015).
#WW1 #WW1centenary #GreatWar #WW1poem #GreatWar #WW1centenary #worldwarone
#worldwaroneremembered #WW1London
No comments:
Post a Comment