Tag: Birmingham Mail

Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 2nd October 1907

The Antiquity of Sandwell … … The Training of the Mentally Defective: … Institution Officially Recognized: the old hall has been adapted to its present uses – for it was opened about six months ago by the Rev. H. N. Burden of London. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble Minded, and so convinced was he of the need for such an institution that has voluntarily borne the necessary capital outlay. The home is under the inspection of the Board of Education, and the Local Government Board, and is under the direction of a Council which includes Mrs. Hume C. Pinsent of Birmingham Education Commission (who was the only lady member of the Royal Commission) and who is the hon. secretary, the Lord Mayor Birmingham … continues … includes Mr. R. A. Pinsent …

[see related Birmingham Mail: Thursday 3rd October 1907]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Mail: Wednesday 10th January 1894

A Father and his Son’s Marriage: Remarkable Case: … … Mr. Young said the defendant was most anxious to disassociate himself as far as possible from his father and to have no connection with him in any shape of form. Defendant was then about to enter upon a career for himself, and was articled to Mr. Mayo, a well-known accountant in Birmingham. In 1881, he was articled to Mr. Mayo in the name of Henry Walker, and he had ever since been known by the Accountants’ Society, at his club and in Birmingham hotels as Henry Walker. Mr. Pinsent, of Pinsent and Pinsent, Birmingham, swore that the defendant was articled in the name of Henry Prescott Walker, and has been known as Henry Walter ever since. … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Mail: Friday 13th November 1891

How to Feed a Child to Death: Mr. Joseph Ansell (coroner) held enquiry the Victoria Courts yesterday afternoon into the circumstances of the death of William Pincent (two years, two months), whose parents reside 14, Milton Grove Heath Street South. – The mother stated that on Saturday she gave the child for dinner a little bit of beefsteak, and for tea some hot tea, hot pork, and break and butter. The Coroner: Do you consider that suitable food for a child of two years? — Witness said that it only had a very small quantity of beef and pork. Continuing, she explained that at a quarter to seven on Sunday morning she found the child had been vomiting, and later in the day died. Mr. Prosser, surgeon, expressed the opinion that the death resulted from a convulsion produced by indigestion consequent upon the extraordinary dietary. — The Coroner said that the treatment was evidently the resuIt of gross ignorance for no one would suggest the mother in the present case contemplated any harm. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.

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Birmingham Mail: Tuesday 10th November 1891

An Obstinate Woman Taught a Lesson; At the Birmingham County Court today before his Honour Judge Chalmers, Eleanor Wakley of 35 York Road, widow, sued the National Telephone Company to recover £16 for trespass by erecting a pole with wires on her land in Rocky Land, and for an injunction. Mr. Wakley appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Messrs. Barlow, Smith and Pinsent) for defendants….  (continues) … (she was away and a tenant had given permission) … …

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Birmingham Mail: Friday 28th March 1879

Meeting of Creditors: A meeting of the creditors of Thomas Sutton, of West Bromwich, boot and shoe dealer, was held this morning at the offices of Messrs. Beaton and C. Robinson, Church Street, Colmore Row, Birmingham … discussion of financial position … Mr. Pinsent, solicitor to the debtor, said the Saturday before the Monday on which he filed his petition he was unaware that it would be necessary for him to take that step. He (Mr. Pinsent) was unable to offer any composition, and he suggested that the estate should be wound up in liquidation … …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Mail: Thursday 8th August 1878

Married: Pinsent – Ryland: On the 7th inst., at Walmley Church (by the Rev. Wm. Flory, brother-in-law of the bride), Richard Alfred Pinsent, of Erdington, to Laura Proctor, youngest daughter of Thomas Ryland Esq., The Redlands, Erdington.

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GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948