By Isle of Wight Observer
This sorry tale about Ethel Tibble in the Isle of Wight Observer of 15th August 1903, tells how she threatened a policeman with her hatpins.
FINDING A WEAPON BESIDES HER TONGUE.
Ethel Tibble, of Nineham Road, Binstead, was summoned for using obscene language. P.C. Newnham said shortly before midnight on the 2nd inst., hearing a noise he went to West Street, and there found the defendant in company with a man to whom she was using the language he had written on the paper produced. When he spoke to her she said she would not go home for him.
Her companion persuaded her to go home, but as she would not, witness took her into custody. When he had got her some way up West Street, the woman said she wished to adjust her dress, and when he released her to enable her to do so, she took out her at pins and said she was going to ‘put them through his _______ head.’ He had to hold her arms and wrench them out of her hand.
She was very drunk.
Defendant —Why didn’t you take the man up, too?— Because he had sense enough to go home when I told him. Supt Hinks said Tibble made herself a perfect nuisance at the station, and was cursing, hollering and shouting and disturbing the neighbourhood the whole night long.
There were three previous convictions against defendant, who was now fined 10s and costs; in default seven days.
Defendant asked for time, but this the bench declined allow.
Defendant said she had two children outside, and she did not want them go to a home.