Newton Abbot County Court: … W. M. Praed, Esq., Judge: … Pinsent v. How: Plaintiff, a brewer, Newton, sued defendant, an innkeeper, of Torquay, for £17 10s., for goods supplied. Defendant did not appear. Mr. Holmes, plaintiff’s clerk, said he met the defendant on the previous morning, when he said, “Pinsent has been very foolish to put me into Court; I should have paid him his money as promised had he not done so, but now I can’t”. Mr. J. Stuart, bailiff of the Court, gave similar evidence of admission. His Honour said on the face of the evidence he must give a verdict for plaintiff, but the law had pointed out, the person to whom admissions should be made — the Clerk the Court, who would put it in writing and produce it the judge; otherwise it was not such an admission as the law recognized, and he did all in his power to discourage any other. It being understood that the defendant was about to leave the country, immediate judgment was given, without costs.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901