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Good morning
Would someone be able to have a look at the british newspapers on fmp please
It is for Peter skivington, child neglect by leith man The sunday post strathclyde 11,1 1925 ,i was wondering if it named the child
Many thanks
Paula

Publication:The Sunday PostPublication date:Sunday 11 January 1925Article text:"CHILD NEGLECT BY LEITH MAN. Edinburgh, Saturday. A marine fireman, Peter Skivington, Bowling Green Street, Leith, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to-day to a charge of neglecting his two children, aged four years and two years respectively,"

No names - no gender info

He was jailed for 5 months

Thank you so much Reggie :-)

CHILD NEGLECT AT LEITH.

Sentence of four months' imprisonment
was passed at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on
Peter Skivington, 7 Bowling Green Street,
Leith, who admitted having neglected his
two children by failing to provide them
with sufficient food and clothing.

The Fiscal stated that on 2nd June accused
had pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and
sentence had been deferred in order to give
him a chance. When he went home, how-
ever, he became worse than ever.


Publication:Evening Telegraph

Publication date:Tuesday 27 June 1922

Dea x

Thank you dea
These two children were my grandfather and his sister peter and catherine
im assuming that the later one in 1925 is about two other children
Paula

could i ask one more look up
peter skivington also was convicted of two cases of bigamy the first one i know about which was in 1915, but the second one i dont there is a record of it in the newspaper and i think that maybe the two children are from that marriage and i have no idea of the names, it may say who the wife was
Thank you
Paula

Is this the same person, if so, he seems to have a couple of bigamous marriages to his name also?


Dundee Courier

Publication date:Tuesday 24 March 1914


DUNDEE MAN'S FRAUDULENT SCHEME.-

Peter Skivington, Bog Close, Lochee, is a
millworker, but in carrying out a clever
scheme of fraud he posed as a ships fireman.
By means of fabricated documents he obtained
a pair of boots, value 6s, and money amount-
ing to 13s. Sheriff Neish, before whom Skiv-
ington admitted guits, passed sentence of
three months' imprisonment.

I will go and check out the other articles.......

Dea x

You posted while I was typing my last message.

I will get the details of the other marriages for you but it takes a while to type it all out.

Back later,

Dea x

thank you dea
There are lots of things about him ,its very good of you to do this for me :-)

Dundee Courier

Publication date:Wednesday 22 December 1920


COMMITTED BIGAMY TWICE

ABERDEEN MAN SENT TO PRISON
Peter Skivington was sent to Prison for
one year by Sheriff Dallas at Aberdeen yes-
terday on pleading guilty to having on 23rd
January last, bigamously married in the
Established Church, Manse, Bervie, Jane
Spence, millworker, then residing at Laing's
Lodging-House, David Street, Cowie re-
cently residing at 3 Princess Street, Aber-
deen, while his lawful wife, Catherine Boyd
or Skivington was alive and residing at 33
Whorterbank, Lochee.

Accused admitted a previous conviction
for bigamy in 1916.

Dea x

Thank you so much Dea
That has been so helpful
paula

There are quite a lot more articles but I have to go out and do my shopping but when I get back I will take a further look. - I might be able to download the images and send them to you ?

If that doesn't work I will type them out.

Back later,

Dea x

Hi Paula,

I have just downloaded one of the pages and sent it to you in a pm.

Can you have a look and tell me if it worked.

If so, I will do the others later - there are LOADS !! :-D ;-)

Dea x

Yes thank you Dea it worked , im just out shopping my self but i will be back ,once again thank you this is making interesting reading
Paula :-)

Hi again,

Phewww!!! - You should have them all now !! ;-) :-D

Some are similar reports from different newspapers and one or two 'may' relate to a different person with the same name comitting the same sort of crime but I have sent them as I am not sure if it is 'him' or not??

He was 'a bit of a one' wasn't he?? ;-) :-D

Dea Xxx

He certainly was ,he married again in 1930 all the children from that marriage ended up in care .
Thank you again you are a star :-D :-)