Legal clash over directors liability at Liverpool Assizes
In a Liverpool Assizes case, Sir William Follett pursues a rule for a new trial as to whether directors of the Birmingham Drapery Company can be held liable on notes signed by others. The dispute centers on authority to bind shareholders and the use of notes by the directors in a dispute with the Northern and Central Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Quer Ae Ikeoeind K CompaNies
NERS
Pipe Igi Y Yee
William Follett
Justice Williams
Liverpool
Laintiff
Northern and Central Bank
Sawyer
Lord Denman
Sir William Follett
Birmingham Drapery Company
Christian
Sirmame
Birmiingham Drapery Company
W. Follett
Court of Common Pleas
Man Convicted of Assault on Eleven Year Old
Dennis McCarthy, a bricklayer's labourer from Buckridge Street St. Giles, found guilty of violently assaulting Emma Shelton aged eleven. He fined £6 or two months hard labour. In the same session Spence and Hawthorn, beggars in Arundel Street, defended their singing for pay and faced questions about aid. Officials planned to move them to Marylebone workhouse if needed as a deterrent to street nuisance.
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Dennis McArthy
Buckridge-street
St. Giles’s
Emma Shelton
House of Correction
Parsons
Dudley’s Court
Minshull
Charing Cross Hospital
Spence
Hawthorn
British Legion
Arundel Street
Strand
Spain
Evans
Marylebone
Two Gentlemen Charged After Edgeware Road Pugilistic Row
Two well dressed men John Jackson a half pay officer and Francis Pullen a customs clerk were charged with a street fight on Edgeware road following a quarrel sparked by a discussion about tradesmen commissions. Both men were discharged. Separately Beck was fined five pounds for fireworks sales. Ainsbury Beattie and Maria Reddie faced fines for attacking police at Healey Street.
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John Jackson
Francis Pullen
Customs
Edgeware Road
Rawlinson
Jackson
Pullen
24 T
Ann
Beck
Kentish Town
Castle-street
Peter Ainsbury
George Beattie
Ireland
Maria Keddie
Great Western Railway
Lord Montfort
Hope
Stephen-street
Lisson-grove
Healey
Ainsbury
Hera
Reddie
Beattie
Youthful thief from Derby Street charged over bakery thefts
Thomas Fidler a boy of about 12 residing in Mayfair was accused of taking bread buns and Abernethy biscuits from Mr P Dorn of Berkeley Square by claiming they were bought for Mrs Wootton who denied any knowledge. He was committed for trial after admission.
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Marlborough Street
Thomas Fidler
Derby-street
Mayfair
P. Dorn
Charles Street
Berkeley Square
Extortion Attempt Linked To Lost Parcel Case At Hatton Garden
In Hatton Garden a young man sought magistrate aid after a parcel of two sovereigns was claimed lost after delivery to London Parcels Delivery Company. He refused 30s offered as compensation, arguing the firm should recover the value. Extortion claims arose from a separate case involving threats from Paul Pry correspondents targeting local residents.
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Rogers
Haslam and Puddy
Beadell
Morson
Southampton-row
Russell-square
Benett
Paul Pry
Holywell-street
Queen Square Brontan Treatment By A Father
Inspector Moran reported a brutal child abuse case at 55 Orchard Street Westminster where a twelve year old boy was beaten for not keeping supper hot. The suspect fled. Catherine Moor offered to shelter the boy pending magistrate action. Other docket items include Henry Jones’s assault on his parents and a gang of Irish seamen tied to theft and pawn-shop plunder.
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Queen Square
Moran
B Division of Police
White
Newway
Westminster
Catherine Moor
Orchard-street
Robinson
Mr. White
Mysterious inquest on a female skeleton unearthed in Back-street
A coroner in London opened an inquest with a jury at St. John Horselydown into the death of an unknown woman whose remains were found in Back-street. The skeleton, found during sewer work, is believed to be at least fifty years old. A separate inquest in Covent Garden on attorney Robert Farrant, who shot himself after heavy losses, returned a verdict of temporary derangement. An additional Birmingham inquiry reported the drowning of Ann Evans in the Warwick Canal and identified Abraham Hollyoaks as a person in custody.
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Braxen
Permrose
Mr. Primrose
Primrose
Allen
Sheriffs' Court
Truespday
Rupp
Merrick
Mr. Ball
Mr. Mahon
Greenfield
Charles Monkillon
Lawrence
William Lawrence
Derries
Osborne Street
Whitechapel
Defries
Solomons
Judy Solomons
Osborne-street
George Baily
House of Correction
Payne
City of London
St. John
Horselydown
Fair-street
Tooley Street
Back-street
Backstreet
William Miskin
Miskin
Evans’s Grand Hotel
Covent Garden
Robert Farrant
Deanstreet
Soho
Berkshire
J. B. Farrant
Dean Street
Leicester Square
Murver
Braaine Hamm
Birmingham
Ann Evans
Warwick Canal
Abraham Hollyoaks
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Eaw
Whitehurst
Bow Street
Worship Street
Henry Jones
Bethnal-green
Broughton
William Pedro
Peter Quin
Goswell Street
Pedro
Quin
Bagatelle
Mr. Broughton
Seal
Ellis
Prate Rossery
L. Wilkinson
Mary Read
Elizabeth Harding
Steinseller
Wenlock-road
Finsbury Circus
Continent
Read
Harding
Wilkinson
Ilkinson
Sowerby
Union Hall
Thomas Wicks
Kennington
Eleanor Luscomb
Devonshire
London
London Road
Mr. Traill
Crisp
Exeter
Trail
Durham
Traill
Kensington
James Carpenter Crabb
Hagan and
John Browne
Ward
Crabb
C. Wynard
Oxford-street
Mr. Halswell
Mr. Wynard
Edmund Qrabb
Brentford
Thomas Neagle
Francis Greizeleir
Union
Launceston
Cornwall
Stroudwater
Abingdon
T 96
Old Brentford
Bath
Slough
Lars
Nortawicu
Messrs. Ashtons
Joshua Tomkinson
William Rayner
Thomas Bates
Macclesfield Courier
Hanwell
Walmesley
George Bailie
Albany-street
Regent’s Park
Ty Heath
Arsivake
Raith
Bucketshire
Oxfordshire
Hannan
Walker
Bromley
Middlesex
Joseph Windle
Bromley House
H. Division
Ji le Scenes
Kent-road
Seton Property
G. Chemes
Northampton-place
Knidht
Sandwich
King Street
Rose
Morris Abram
Tobacconist, &c
Abram
Field
Lardner
Chapman
Ealing
Green Man Inn
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