Essex Newsman article, Albert Chilvers and Tilling 1908

[suttking]

I have been handed some papers recently regarding an ancestor I am researching. He was involved in an assault and was tried at the Essex Quarter sessions. I can find the court report with sentence etc, however there is no other information.  The papers state that the event was written up in the Essex Newsman on 1/8/1908. Does anybody know where I can view a copy of the report?
The newspaper sites seem to be subscription only. Are there local archives where I would be able to view a copy. I live in the North West but do travel to the south often.

[redtonyt]

Essex Newsman - 4th July 1908 - Assault on a woman

Albert Chilvers, 26, a porter, and Albert Tilling, 28, a coster, pleaded not guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Alice Powell at Walthamstow, but admitted common assault.
Mr Phillips, prosecuting, accepted the plea and said the prosecutrix was living with Chilvers and had 4 children by him.  The cause of the assault was that they were turned out of their house with Tilling, who lived with them, and the woman and children had to sleep in the Forest.
Both prisoners struck the woman and this brought on a miscarriage.  The prisoners averred the woman began the trouble by striking them.  Chilvers, who was said to have assaulted the woman on 2 days, was sentenced to 6 months, and Tilling 4 months, hard labour.


Tony

[olleym]

Do you have a date of birth for Albert?

Mark

[suttking]

It's a shocking story, thank you very much for the transcript. As a result of this Alice was taken into the care of the West Ham guardians. Chilvers actual name is Alfred not Albert. He was born c1880 in Harlestone He does appear on the 1901 census with Alice in Walthamstow. I think he went into the Army, but I know nothing more about him.