29 September
1865
A woman named Mary Gordon, lately liberated from the General Prison of Perth, where she was sentenced to serve for a period of four years, was charged with contravening the terms of her license, by failing to report herself to the Chief Constable at the stated times. Inspector Henderson stated that the prisoner had been the associate of thieves and vagabonds ever since her release, and leading an idle and dissolute life. She was sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment.
29 September
1915
A reflection of the Glasgow Autumn Holiday was seen in Paisley Police Court when many of the visitors from the city appeared to answer for their misdemeanours. There were no fewer than 63 cases, implicating 65 persons. The offences were mostly of drunkenness, the closing of the public houses in Glasgow in the evening being responsible for a big exodus to Paisley and district. All the “drunks” were fined £1, with the option of ten days’ imprisonment.
29 September
1965
Glasgow Corporation will debate a motion on the use of the birch. It calls for the reintroduction for “barbaric assaults on citizens by boot, bottle, burning, knives and/or other weapons, and for serious cases of vandalism.” It is opposed by the Labour group which believes “that birching is a brutalising and degrading form of punishment which has proved to be a failure as a deterrent.”
29 September
1990
British Steel shrugged aside the chorus of protests at the decision to shut the Ravenscraig hot strip mill with the announcement yesterday that the mill will close on April 5 with the loss of 770 jobs. The April 5 closure date means a race against time for the Scottish Development Agency’s wide-ranging study of the future of steelmaking in Scotland, which is due to be completed by the spring.
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