Tag: GRO0738

Alleged Absconding of a Birmingham Bankrupt: At the Birmingham Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Kynnersley (stipendiary) an application was made for a warrant against Mr. Arthur William Johnson, described as a draper, late of 210 Aston Road. It was explained that Johnson had lately sailed for Australia with a considerable sum of money. He had since been declared bankrupt, and would arrive today at Malta … … As above stated, a warrant was issued by the Registrar, but it was not deemed sufficient to stop Johnson’s passage to Australia. Shortly after one o’clock, Mr. Pinsent (Barlow, Smith, and Pinsent) came into court and resumed the application for a warrant. Mr. Hebbert: I don’t quite see now what you want to do. This letter, which you have handed to me states that the depositions must be forwarded to the Secretary of State: But I cannot see what we have to do with these documents. They are bankruptcy documents: Mr. Pinsent: I have laid a sworn information, and I now want Mr. Kynnersley to grant me a warrant, in addition to the one issued by Mr. Registrar Cole. The matter really comes under the Fraudulent Debtors Act, and these are the depositions which we have taken. Mr. Pinsent here handed to the Bench the deposition made by Mr. Court, cashier, Harborne, which stated that two days before Johnson absconded, he sold £10 worth of goods to the deponent at a reduction of 20 per cent …The warrant of the Registrar, it was explained would have to pass through the Home and Colonial Office: Mr. Pinsent said that on the 6^th of May Johnson sailed by the ship Shannon of the P. and O. line for Australia, leaving his wife and three children behind him … Mr. Hebbert: I don’t see what we have to do with it: Mr. Pinsent: According to the Fugitive Offenders Act, it is necessary that we should obtain a warrant from the magistrates. A warrant for Johnson’s apprehension was then granted. … 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

An Alleged Absconding Bankrupt: Birmingham Police Court, this morning, before Mr. Kynnersley (stipendiary), an application was made for a warrant against Mr. Arthur William Johnson, described as a draper, late of 210 Aston. It was explained that Mr. Johnson had lately sailed for Australia with a considerable sum of money … (continues) … Shortly after one o’clock, Mr. Pinsent (Barlow, Smith, and Pinsent) came into court, and resumed the application for a warrant. Mr. Hebbert: I don’t quite see now what you want to do. This letter which you have handed to me states that the depositions must be forwarded to the Secretary of State. But I cannot see what we have to do with these documents. They are bankruptcy documents. — Mr. Pinsent: I have laid a sworn information, and I now want Mr. Kynnersley to grant me a warrant, in addition to the one issued by Mr. Registrar Cole. The matter really comes under the Fraudulent Debtors’ Act. and these are the depositions which we have taken. Mr. Pinsent here handed to the Bench the depositions by Mr. Court, cashier, Harborne, which stated that two days before Johnson absconded, he sold £70 worth of goods the deponent reduction of 20 per cent. … (continues) … 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Erdington Dispensary: A special meeting of subscribers and friends was held at the National School Common Thursday last … (present included) … Letters were read from Messrs. R. P. Yates, R. A. Pinsent and others regretting their inability to attend and offering to subscribe to the Institution …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Erdington Institute: Annual Conversazione: Under the most happy of auspices the members of the Erdington Institute have again held their annual conversazione for the third year in succession … Mr. J. B. Stone, the president, with party was present on the first night, and on Tuesday Mr. R. A. Pinsent, the chairman of the council, with Mrs. Pinsent was present. The gathering will compare most favourably with the former occasions of similar character …

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

Local Bankruptcy Cases: At the Birmingham County Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Registrar Parry the adjourned public examination was held in re: John Vaughan Horton, factor, of Gravelly Hill, late of St. Paul’s Square. The debts were placed at £1,631, and the assets at £457, Mr. Pinsent, who appeared for the trustee (Mr. Fisher) examined the bankrupt as to the present address of his father, to whom he had gave about £120 immediately before the bankruptcy on account of a loan. The bankrupt said that he had the slightest idea of his father’s whereabouts. He also denied that any furniture had been clandestinely removed from his house at Gravelly Hill. Mr. Pinsent wished to have the examination adjourned until the bankrupts’ father was found, as the trustee desired to serve a notice of motion on him for the return of the money; but the Registrar said that he could adjourn the matter on the ground that the examination was concluded. 

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948 (?)

Birmingham County Court: … Second Court – Before Mr. Registrar Parry: … In Re. John Vaughan Horton, of Gravely Hill, late of St. Paul’s Square, factor. Adjourned public examination: Debts, £1,632, assets: £457: Mr. Pinsent appeared for the trustee (Mr. Fisher) and examined the bankrupt at to the present address of his father, to whom he had paid about £120 immediately before the bankruptcy on account of a loan. … Mr. Pinsent wished to have the examination adjourned until the bankrupt’s father was found, as the trustee desired to serve a notice of motion upon him for the return of the money, but the Registrar said that he could not adjourn the matter on that ground and the examination was concluded. …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948 (?)

Tamworth Division: Mr. Phipson Beale and his Supporters: Enthusiastic Meeting at Erdington: Tory Obstruction Again! On Wednesday evening last a meeting was held at the Board School, Erdington, in behalf of the candidature in the Liberal interest of W. Phipson Beale for the Tamworth Division of Warwickshire … (description of meeting including) … a well-known mole-catcher of the neighbourhood, in the centre of the room, who not only maintained a running fire of sarcastic comment throughout the proceedings but who broke into the most outrageous interruptions, which called fort the loudest disapproval of the crowd. … Mr. Beale having replied satisfactorily to the questions, which were similar to those put at other meetings, a resolution approving of his candidature, proposed by Mr. Dawson and Seconded by Mr. Pinsent, was carried by an overwhelming majority. …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948 (?)

The Erdington Institute: The Opening Night:  … Mr. R. A. Pinsent, Chairman of the Council, opened the proceedings of the season by a few remarks. He drew attention to the programme for the winter, stating that upon analysis a great variety of subjects both instructive and entertaining would be found therein. After enumerating these, Mr. Pinsent alluded to the rule for members to show tickets at the door on Monday Evenings. Laxity in this respect upon the part of the Council and the members had led to irregularities which he (the speaker) felt sure had only to be hinted at to be avoided in future. Mr. Basil Young then commenced his entertainment, a “Satirical “and ” Monological” Sketch, entitled “My Hydropathic Holiday.” … (continues) …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Failure of Smethwick Corn Factors: This (Monday) morning, the adjourned public examination of Messrs. John and William Gray, former trading in co-partnership Smethwick, as millers and corn factors, was held the Oldbury County Court, before Mr. G. S. Watson, registrar. Mr. Pinsent, of Birmingham, appeared on behalf of the trustee (Mr. E. M. Sharpe), Mr. Woolletts for the Official Receiver, and Mr. W. Shakespeare for the debtors. Mr. Pinsent explained that the examination was adjourned in order that the debtors might file a cash statement and also an account of their purchases and sales. … … (continues) … …

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

The Affairs of Messrs. Grey, of Smethwick: This morning the adjourned public examination of John and William Grey, corn factors, of Smethwick, was held at Oldbury, before the Registrar (Mr. Watson). Mr. Pinsent appeared on behalf of the trustee (Mr. E. M. Sharps). Mr. Pincent explained that that examination had been adjourned in order that the bankrupts might file certain cash and other accounts relating to the period of six months before the filing of the petition. This account, which was a very voluminous one, had been finished, but it contained a number of entries which were in some respects very unsatisfactory. He proposed to obtain as much information as possible, and after laying before the Registrar certain extraordinary estimates, to leave it to him as to whether he considered them satisfactory or not. —The bankrupts were both sworn together, and in reply to questions from Mr. Pinsent, deposed that the accounts produced contained the whole of the monies within the period mentioned so far as he could ascertain. In regard to the purchase and sale account, he considered that 10 per cent, gross profit would be a fair estimate of what they got upon the goods sold, all around. — Mr. Pinsent: You show a gross profit of £160 only in this period on the amount turned over, which would be about £6,000; is that correct? — Debtors: Yes; but we had a lot of bad debts. — ln replies to a further question, the debtors said they believed the bad debts were included in the statement — Mr. Pinsent pointed out that the profits should have been £600. The inference he wished to draw was that the amount had been understated by the debtors. In the cash account the estimate of the takings from the 6th to the 30th June, which was set down at £l4 per week, was, he believed, correct. It was not based upon the imagination, but upon his opinion of the amounts they took. The only explanation he could give as to the omissions in two months of the entries in the cash account was that it had been neglected.—Mr. Pinsent then sought to show that the debtors obtained a note for the transfer of certain goods a day after their private examination from a person named Davenport, without disclosing to him their position, but neither of the debtors had any recollection either of the date or the transaction. John Grey admitted that just before the filing of the petition, he paid John Boyce £10 in repayment of a loan. — William Grey said he did not know even at the private meeting that they were insolvent, but John Grey said he was aware of the fact in October last, although he thought that with time the business might have paid 20s. in the pound. — The examination was then concluded, the debtors being allowed to pass, not, Mr. Pinsent said, because the statements were considered satisfactory, but they were of the opinion that nothing more satisfactory could be obtained by prolonging the examination.

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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948 (?)