Newton Abbot: Petty Sessions: Tuesday: Before G. B. Ellicombe Esq. (chairman), D. R. Scratton, Esq., Admiral Wise, R.M., W. I. Watts, Esq., and Dr. Atkinson. This was the annual licensing day … Mr. John Ball Pinsent applied for a license for the sale of spirits, wholesale, and retail, at his store Queen-street. Mr. Watts supported the application, and Mr. W. Creed opposed it. Mr. Watts applied for adjournment on account of the notice not having been advertised in county paper for 14 clear days. The matter was argued at great length, and the Bench decided that they could not grant the adjournment, and the matter dropped. … Samuel Lang, of Kingsteignton, pleaded guilty to stealing apples from an orchard belonging to Gilbert Pinsent, of Ware Barton. He was fined 2s. 6d and costs and 8d, the value of the apples.
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Referenced
GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918
GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901