Extraordinary Case at the Milverton Police Court: At the sitting of the Magistrates for the Kenilworth Division on Wednesday morning, at the Milverton Police court: Present Mr. Stanger Leathes (in the Chair) General Radcliffe, Majors Molyneux, Spooner and Gibsons and Dr. Thursdfield: a most extraordinary case came on for hearing. George William Prescott, of Birmingham, summoned his son, Henry, for having on the June 6th, 1891, unlawfully, knowingly and willfully inserted a certain false entry in the register of marriages, by having signed his name as Henry Walker on the occasion of his marriage with Emily Florence Hands, at the Parish Church of Kenilworth. Complainant conducted his case in person, but the defendant was represented by Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co, Birmingham) …. (discussion of case) ….. Mr. Young called Richard Alfred Pinsent, of the firm of Smith, Pinsent and Co., solicitors, Waterloo Street Birmingham, who stated that he had known the defendant and his mother for between 12 and 15 years. He was told that he was the son of Mr. Prescott, late solicitor of Stourbridge. The defendant was articled in the name of Henry Prescott Walker to Mr. Mayo, an accountant, of Birmingham. Defendant was known among his friends, fellow clerks and at his club by the name of Walker. The witness also produced a deed poll in which the defendant assumed the name of Walker. Complainant: Was it your firm who induced this young man to commit this fraud? Witness asked the Magistrates if that was a proper question? Mr. Stranger Leathes: The question is distinctly improper. There has been on fraud proved as yet. … …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948