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William Avery Redditch Heritage

21 Photo supplied by Graham Bishop.

22 In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died 1899.’

23 Birmingham Daily Post 29 October 1863, Worcester Journal 21 Jan 1865,
Worcestershire Chronicle 27 February 1867.

24 In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died 1899.’
Worcestershire Chronicle 28 December 1859.

25 Redditch Indicator 14 June 1895.

26 See e.g. Birmingham Daily Post 16 July 1863; In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of
Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died 1899.’

27 Birmingham Daily Post 24 November 1874, Worcestershire Chronicle 27 February
1875, Worcester Journal 16 November 1889, his letter to the Editor of the
Birmingham Daily Post, 21 November 1891, Worcester Journal 19 November 1892.

28 His letter to the Editor of the Birmingham Daily Post, 21 November 1891. ‘In
memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died 1899’
by H. Page.

29 The William Avery Memorial Volumes’ compiled by H. Page 1906, vol. 3, available in
Redditch Public Library. In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross,
Redditch, born 1832, died 1899.’ Avery as Institute’s librarian see e.g.
Worcestershire Chronicle 15 December 1852.

30 Worcestershire Chronicle 22 October 1887.

31 ‘In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died
1899.’ The reports can be found in ‘The William Avery Memorial Volumes’ compiled
by H. Page 1906, vol. 3, available in Redditch Public Library.

32 There was one reference to Avery in this context found in the Worcestershire
Chronicle 14 September, 1895.

33 In memoriam William Avery, J.P., of Headless Cross, Redditch, born 1832, died 1899’
by Dr. H. Page. The Assizes Relief Act of 1889 directed magistrates not to commit to
Assizes cases which could be dealt with at Quarter Sessions. Mr. Hawkins wanted
William Avery to explain why three juvenile thieves were not committed to Assizes.
The Assizes Relief Act allowed magistrates to commit Quarter Sessions cases to
Assizes should the Assizes take place first. However, Avery thought that the boys
would receive bail so the boys would not have to go to prison before Quarter
Sessions. Some time after the police proceedings Avery heard the two of the boys
had not got bail. This was why Hawkins had made his speech. The Home Office
suggested that bail for the boys should be reduced, but one man refused to find bail
for his son. Avery explained he did not want the boys come back ‘as little heroes, and
the result of that was seen in the charge-sheet. He had to thank Mr. Hastings for his
remarks at the Quarter Sessions when he confirmed the action of the Redditch Bench
as being in full accordance with the law, and that ‘in sending the lads to the Sessions
they only did their duty’.

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