Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916

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Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916

1 June 21st 1916 To The Under Secretary for Ireland
Dublin Castle
Knight & Atkinson
Dublin Commission Dear Sir I have this day received an order
for £12.10.0 expenses as witness in case. I have to say that I feel the Treasure Scale
does not at all compensate me for the great
inconvenience & expense I was put to in
attending twice within a fortnight in Dublin
first at the Police Court & then at Green St. I had to travel on each occasion nearly
400 miles & to make provision for duty in
this important parish, on the last occasion
I had to provide a substitute for Sunday duty
£2.12.6 including Ring family. I trust that you will see your way to give
my case special consideration & to make a
grant that will cover this out of pocket expense
& the great inconvenience I was put to. I may say
I put another day & on the 25 April when I
attempted to go up on first occasion to Police Court. Faithfully Yours
H.W. Pearson

Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Sir Robert Chalmers regarding the payment of expenses to the witness in a court case. The witness does not feel that the expenses sufficiently cover the inconvenience and the out of pocket expenses that their attendance at court caused. In 1916 Humphrey Haines Pearson was serving as rector in St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork. Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938) was appointed under-secretary of Ireland in 1916, replacing Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the aftermath of the Easter Rising.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__4410.html)