Author: Peter

Birmingham County Court: Proceedings in Bankruptcy: Re: F.T. Hosier, of Lozells Road, Birmingham, a baker: – Public examination – As the bankrupt had not filed all the accounts required, the public examination was, on the application of Mr. Pinsent on behalf of the trustee, adjourned to the 23^rd March.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

In the Matter of Letters Patent granted to James Hinks, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer and Joseph Hinks of Birmingham, aforesaid, Manufacturers for an invention of “improvement in lamps for burning paraffin oil and other volatile liquid hydro-carbons” bearing date the 28^th October, 1865, No 2787-65: Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions by James Hinks and son (Limited) of Birmingham, aforesaid, the assignees of the above named Letters Patent, for leave to file a disclaimer and memorandum of alteration of certain parts of the specifications of the said Letters Patent; and any persons intending to oppose such application mush leave notice thereof at the office of her Majesty’s Attorney General, No. 6, Crown Office Row, Temple, within ten days after the date hereof: – Dated this 23^rd day of January, 1877: Field, Roscoe and Co., 36 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, agents for Barlow, Smith and Pinsent, Birmingham, Solicitors for the Petitioners.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

A Wine Merchant’s Dispute: Gibbons v. Finch & Co.: – the plaintiff, the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Torqeed Street, claimed of the defendants, Messrs. Finch & Co., wine merchants, of Exeter, £17 10s for loss alleged to have been sustained through a breach of contract. … … (expert witness called) … … Mr. John Pinsent, wine and spirit merchant, of Newton, said that brandies were selling in March 1876, at 125 francs, or 5s 6d gallon. If delivered in quarter casks the price would be increased to 5s 9d or 6s gallon. It was not an unusual thing to allow brandy to remain in bond after being sold for three or five years. … … In answer to His Honour, Mr. Pinsent said that it was the custom of the trade to allow the travellers to alter their prices, as it greatly depended upon who the customer was. …

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

County Court: Saturday: Before Judge Fortescue: Alleged Breach of Contract: David Gibbons v. G. And C. Finch: Jury Case:  … Mr. Gibbons told him that Mr. Downey was drunk. It was a fact that he offered the plaintiff old brandies under market price. By his Honour: The traveller had no authority to sell for anything he liked. His Honour asked Mr. Pinsent the custom of the trade, and the latter gentleman said travellers knew the trade prices, and regaled them to customers accordingly …

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

Action Against an Exeter Firm for Breach of Contract: The principal and most interesting case heard at the Torquay County Court, on Saturday, before M. Fortescue, Esq., Judge, was that in which Mr. David Gibbons, proprietor of the Gibbons’s Commercial Hotel, Torquay, sued Messrs. George and Charles Finch, wine and spirit merchants of Exeter, for £17 10s for alleged breach of contract. The action, which occupied over four hours, was tried by a jury. Mr. Watts of Newton appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Toby, of Exeter for the defendants. The plaintiff’s case, as presented by his advocate, was that on the 14^th December, 1875, Mr. Downey, who was at that time a traveller in the employ of the defendants, called on Mr. Gibbons, and the result of a conversation was that Mr. Downey agreed to supply the plaintiff with three hogsheads of Hennessy’s and two hogsheads of Martell’s brandies, at 4s 10d per gallon, in quarter casks. A contract to this effect, written out by Mr. Downey, was stamped by Mr. Gibbons, but the contract was afterwards repudiated by the defendants … Mr. Gibbons denied, in cross-examination, that he ever said to the defendants that their traveller was drunk when the contract was signed, or that Mr. G. Finch said that Mr. Downey undertook the contract on his own responsibility. Evidence that the price of brandies was from 5s 9d to 6s per gallon at the time those contracted for were due to be delivered to the plaintiff was given by Mr. W. Pinsent, brewer and wine and spirit merchant, of Newton; and Mr. Alexander Lorimer, landlord of the Falcon Inn, Torquay, who was the defendants’ traveller in the plaintiffs office when the contract was drawn up, said he (Mr. Downey) was perfectly sober … … The question put before the jury by his Honour was whether a person sent out with a list of prices, as in this case, had general authority to sell under those prices given him by the customs of the trade. If he had such authority, the defendants would be bound by the contract, but, if on the other hand, the traveller was so drunk that he could not make a rational or proper bargain, he would not even himself be bound by the contract thus made. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £13 15s. 

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

John Whyley Wright, deceased, – Pursuant to the Statute 22^nd and 23^rd Victoria, Chapter 35, entitled “An Act to Further Amend the Law of Property and to Relieve Trustees”, Notice is hereby given that all creditors and persons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of John Whyley Wright, late of Spon Lane, in the county of Stafford, licensed victualler, (who died on the 20^th day of October, 1876) and whose will was proved by George Thompson in the county of Worcester, maltster and Joseph Withers, of Smethwick, in the county of Stafford, gentleman, the executors thereof, in the Lichfield District Registry of the Probate Division of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice on the 29^th day of November, 1876, are hereby required to send, in writing, the particulars of such claims or demands to us, the undersigned, Barlow, Smith and Pinsent, of 39 Waterloo Street, Birmingham in the County of Warwick, solicitors to the said executors, on or before the 16^th day of February 1877.  And notice is hereby also given that after that date the executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the said executors shall then have had notice; and that they will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof so distributed to any persons of whose debt of claim they shall not then have had notice. – Dated this 16^th day of January 1877: Barlow, Smith and Pinsent: 39, Waterloo Street, Birmingham, Solicitors to the Executors. 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

[First reference to … Barlow, Smith and Pinsent, 39 Waterloo Street, Birmingham]

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Alleged Breach of Contract by an Exeter Firm. At the Torquay County Court, on Saturday before Judge Fortescue and a grand jury there was a long and somewhat interesting case – Gibbons v. Finch and Finch, in which the plaintiff, Mr. David Gibbons, landlord of the Commercial Hotel. Torquay sued the defendants Messrs. George and Chares Find, wine and spirits merchants of Exeter, for breach of Contract. … (disagreement as to the purchase price for brandy agreed to). … Mr. W. Pinsent, brewer and wine and spirit merchant, Newton, said that at the time the brandies contracted for were due to be delivered by the defendants – namely, March 1876 – the price of brandies were from 5s 9d per gallon … … (continues) … … After consulting for three quarters of an hour the jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for £18 15s. 

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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920

Exeter County Court: Tuesday: Before the Judge (Mr. M. Fortescue): … Luckham and Paddon v Keating: The plaintiffs for whom Mr. Floud appeared, are grocers of St. Thomas and the defendant, Captain Keating, represented by Mr. Templar, resides at Teignmouth. The claim was for £20 damage caused to the plaintiff’s van by a collision. It will be remembered that in October Capt. Keating’s horse ran away with his carriage from the London Inn Square and the coachman, being drunk, was unable to control the horses. … Mr. S. Tozer, veterinary surgeon of St. Thomas, was called in to attend to the plaintiff’s horse, and stated that he found the animal shaking all over, and it was lame in one of the hind legs, but beyond this he could discover no other injury. It was lame and probably would remain so. A “summer’s run” might, however, cure this. In his (witness’s) opinion, the horse before the accident was worth about £30, it was a very good animal. The depreciation in its value, in consequence of the accident, amounted to between £8 to £10. Like the lawyers, the witness did not work for nothing — (laughter) — and his charge for attending amounted to about 12s. Mr. Pinsent, wheelwright of the Commercial – road, proved repairing the plaintiff’s wagon, his bill for which amounted £1 19s 10d:  The saddler who repaired the harness stated that previous to the accident the harness was in very fair condition and worth about 50s, but now, in consequence being so much strained, it was past repair, being only worth about a sovereign — [The harness was produced in Court, and inspected by the jury. It seemed to be in a very good condition, and several jurymen expressed their inability to see that any damage had done it all.] … His Honour having summed up the case, the jury in the end gave a verdict against Captain Keating for twelve guineas. The case took several hours in hearing, and the Court did not rise until nearly half past seven.

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Petty Sessions: Tuesday: Before Captain Hare, R.N., (Chairman), Admiral Wise, Dr. Atkinson and J. Vicary and G. B. Ellicombe, Esqs.: Mr. Creed applied for a temporary transfer of the license of the Swann Inn, Highweek to Mr. Davey of St. Mary Church. The late holder of the license, John Venning Pack, had become insolvent, and under the liquidation proceedings Mr. Andrew of Exeter was appointed trustee. An arrangement had been made between the owners of the house, the Torquay Brewing Company, and the trustee, who agreed to the transfer. The application was granted. Mr. Thomas Pinsent was also granted a temporary transfer in the case of the Saracen’s Head Inn, Fairfield Terrace, n consequence of the landlord having to leave through illness …

[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Thursday 4^th January 1877 & Western Times: Friday 5^th January 1877]

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GRO0831 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1842 – 1889