Tag: GRO0738

Leamington Spa Courier: Saturday 13th January 1894

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

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 11th January 1894

Singular Charge against a Birmingham Accountant: Yesterday, at the Kenilworth Divisional Sessions, Henry Prescott, an accountant, of Waterloo Street, Birmingham, appeared in answer to a summons charging him with making a false entry of marriage with Emily Florence Hands, in the register of marriages in Kenilworth by signing the name of Henry Walter, whereas his correct name was Henry Prescott. Mr. G. W. Prescott of Birmingham, the father of the defendant had taken out the summons, and conducted his own case, while the defendant was represented by Mr. Hugo Young (instructed by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent and Co.) … After hearing the evidence of Mr. R. A. Pinsent, of the firm of Smith Pinsent and Co., solicitors, Birmingham, who described the steps taken by the defendant to change his name, the magistrates said they considered the case was a most ridiculous one and they dismissed it, with costs. Mr. Prescott: I apply for permission to prefer a bill of indictment under the Vexatious Indictments Act: the Bench refused the application. Mrs. Prescott: Very well, we will see if we can move you gentlemen. You may rely upon it. I shall bring the case before the House of Commons. It is a most disgraceful affair.  …

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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 Daily Post: Saturday 23rd December 1893

The Birmingham Law Society: Congratulations to the Mayor: A meeting of the members of the Birmingham Law Society was held yesterday, at the Council House, to the purpose of presenting an address to Alderman Johnson, a member of the society, congratulating him on the honour which had been conferred upon him by the City Council in electing him Mayor of the City. … (attendees included) … R. A. Pinsent … Apologies for absence were announced from Messrs. H. Glaisyer (vice-president) … (includes) … A. C. Pinsent (sic) … (reading of an address which was signed by … includes) … R. A. Pinsent….

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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Tuesday 19th December 1893

William Walter Bagot, Deceased: Pursuant to the Stature 22 and 23 Vict, cap.35, Notice is hereby given that all persons having any claims against the estate of William Walter Bagot, late of Pype Hayes, Erdington, in the Count of Warwick, Esquire (who died on the 23rd day of January 1893, and whose will was proved in the Birmingham District Registry of the Probate Division of her Majesty’s High Court of Justice on the 14th day of December, 1893, by Richard Alfred Pinsent, the executor therein named) are hereby requested to send written particulars of such claims to the undersigned solicitors for the said executor of the deceased on or before the 31st day of January 1894, after which date the executor will distribute the assets of the deceased, having regard only to the claims which he shall then have received notice: Dated this 18th day of December 1893: Smith Pinsent & Co., 39 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, Solicitors of the executor. … Also similar for William Edward Wiley, Deceased …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Western Times: Tuesday 10th October 1893

Devonians in Birmingham and the Midlands: At the second annual general meeting of the above Society held in Birmingham, the Right Hon. Jesse Collings, M.P., (first President of Devonians in London) was re-elected President, together with the following Vice-presidents: – list (includes) … R.A. Pinsent (Devonport) … The Society now numbers nearly 200.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 15th June 1893

Failure of South American Merchants: A meeting of the creditors of Thomas Richards, general merchant, trading as Matthews, Richards and Col., 31 Cambridge Street Birmingham and at Valparaiso and Concepcion, Chili, also in partnership with Thomas H. Tye, at Victoria, Vancouver Island … (continues) … Amongst those present or represented were Messrs. Bloomer and Sons (Hales Owen, … … R. A. Pinsent, Ruston, Proctor and Co. Limited (Lincoln), Tasker Sons and Co. (Sheffield) … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 15th June 1893

Failure of South American Merchants: A meeting of the creditors of Thomas Richards, general merchant, trading as Matthews, Richards, and Co., 31 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, and at Valparaiso and Concepcion, Chile, also, in partnership with Thomas H. Tye, at Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, trading as Matthews, Richards and Tye; was held yesterday at the Queen’s Hotel Birmingham. … Among those present or represented were Messrs. Bloomer and Sons (Hales Owen), L. Brierley and Son (Birmingham) … Etc. … R. A. Pinsent, Ruston, Proctor, and co. Limited (Lincoln) … (discussion of finances) … In reply to a creditor, Mr. Beale said there were forty five creditors to the extent of £100 or more each. Mr. Gardiner (J. and F. Howard, Bedford) proposed that Mr. Maurice Jones be appointed trustee, that the whole of the estate be assigned to him, and that the following be the committee of inspection: Messrs. L. Brierley, R. A. Pinsent, E. Lawson (R. L. Crosbie and Co.), H. Wall and J. Kent (Ruston, Proctor and Co.). Mr. Parker (William Edwards and Son) seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Post: Thursday 9th February 1893

Birmingham Law Society: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society was held yesterday at the Law Library, Wellington Passage. Mr. L. W. Lewis (president) occupied the chair; amongst those present were Alderman Johnson, Councillors Beale and Bradley, Dr. Showell Rogers, Dr. E. Rogers, Messrs. C. E. Mathews, S. Balden, C. T. Saunders. M. Hooper, A. Bennett, E. Bickley, W. Thomas, A. H. Coley. W. Coley, J. Moore Bayley, E. L. Tyndall, A. Godlee, T. H. Russell (hon. sec.), T. Horton, J. R. Shore, R. A. Pinsent, W. S. Harding, A. K. O’Conner, J. Ansell, T. G. Lee, A. L. Crockford, C. Brady, G. Huggins, F. A. Chatwin etc … (discussion) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Thursday 8th December 1892

The Church Congress, 1893: Meeting in Birmingham: The first meeting of the General Committee, which is being formed to make the necessary arrangements for the holding of the Church Congress in Birmingham next year was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Birmingham. … (long discussion) … He moved that the following gentlemen form the Reception Committee … (a long list includes) … Pinsent, R. A. …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948