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I was bound over at Aylesbury Magistrates Court to keep
the peace for 12 months. 6 months later the boys told me they had come across
an open store at Witchurch, containing spigot bombs (a source of gelignite)
and something we had not seen before, 24 hour fuses. It was many years later
that I learnt that all this was part of the Top Secret Experimental Weapons
Department at Whichurch. From my father's bedroom window there was a good view
of Stubbings Wood Tring. During the day I had secreted a small charge set to
explode at 10 o'clock with one of these new long range fuses. My father was
surprised that I wanted to admire the sunset from his room, but nevertheless
agreed. The explosion occurred 10 minutes later at 10.10.
My second arraignment was at Wing Magistrates Court when, with several others, I was again charged. I was the only one currently bound over and thought I was for the high jump. My father hired a barrister to defend me and I was quite amazed to learn how the process of law carried on. I was bound over to keep the peace and I had breached this condition, but my barrister proved that the Magistrate shouldn't know about this. Plainly daft! The outcome was that we were all bound over to keep the peace again. The second court appearance did make me more cautious and by this time I was beginning to see the terrible havoc that could have been wrought by our actions.