Meeting of Creditors: A meeting of the creditors of John Deater Canning, brick manufacturer, of Polesworth and Glascote, was held yesterday at the Queen’s Hotel, Birmingham. Mr. C. A. Harrison presided. Mr. C. R. Hodgson appeared for the debtor and Mr. Pinsont and Mr. Smith (Messrs. New, Smith, Prince, and Garrard, of Evesham) to represent creditors … … After some discussion it was resolved that the affairs of the debtor should be liquidated by arrangement, and not in bankruptcy; that Mr. E. V. Houghton, accountant, be appointed as trustee, that Mr. Pinsont be appointed solicitor to the trustee and that Mr. Hodgson be entrusted with the registration of the resolution.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948