Impression
sketch of Fraudulent 'Soldier's' Wife - by Jamie.
The Local Police Court
Of East Croydon London,
Saw the trial of woman
Prisoner Caroline Byrne.
On Leighton Street,
East Croydon, married
Mrs Byrne lived with
Her civilian husband.
Although Mr Byrne
Had previously been
In the army he had
Not currently re-joined.
Over a period of ten
Months – from October
1914 Mrs Byrne actively
Drew regular army pay.
Mrs Byrne acted as wife
Of a soldier on service,
Whose husband was
In Royal Horse Artillery.
Therefore, under
false
Pretences, accepted
Grocery supplies
from
Military
Association.
Mrs Byrd
tearfully said,
Her husband had
made
Her do this; her sentence
Was decide by war
office.
Mrs Byrd's imprisonment
Would be sentence of six
Weeks, following rules
Of the second division.
Kept apart from
other
Prisoners, the
class wore
Other coloured
clothes,
And allowed more
letters.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915 Army
Separation Frauds. The Daily Telegraph, [online]
14
August. P.5. Col.6. Available
at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11788262/Daily-Telegraph-August-14-1915.html
[Accessed: 15 August 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 15 August 2015).
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