EXETER COURT OF BANKRUPTCY: (Before Mr. Commissioner Andrews): Tuesday, Oct. 22: In re Barnard James Webber, agricultural implement maker, Newton Bushel. This was a sitting for choice of assignees: Mr. Fryer for the estate; and Mr. Francis of Newton Abbot, for certain creditors, who asked that Mr. John Ball Pinsent, coal-merchant, of Newton, and Mr. James Stitson Cull, timber merchant, also of that town, might be appointed assignees. The Commissioner asked if the estate was a large one? Mr. Francis said the debts were heavy, and that there was some question as regards to the security of the bank. The Commissioner – And is it the wish of the creditors to have two assignees? Mr. Francis replied in the affirmative. [see other issues on other dates]
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901