HI Barb, Which Penrith Herald are you getting these from? I mean is it Penrith, Cumbria or, somewhere else? Best Wishes, Penny On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Barb Ontario Canada via < [email protected]> wrote: > JAMES CLEMMET, jun., who has for some time past been practising as a > solicitor in Manchester, without, as it transpired inn court, having a > certificate, has been summoned at the Manchester City Police-court, for > obtaining the sum of 15s. from THOS. OLDHAM. The prosecutor said that he > went to the defendant’s office in Bloom-street, with the intention of > employing him, as he had before done, to conduct a case for him in the > police-court. There was a plate near the door bearing the words “JAMES > CLEMMET, jun., solicitor”. > > The witness saw the defendant, stated his case to him, and paid him a fee > of 15s., the defendant promising to appear and conduct the case, which came > on Friday. > > The witness was at court on that day, but CLEMMET was not present. > However,, the man who had been summoned did not appear, and the magistrates > granted a warrant for his apprehension. He was brought before the Court on > Monday, and the witness appeared against him, but the defendant did not > prosecute, as he had agreed to do. > > MR. HEADLAM: The question is whether CLEMMET has been obtaining money by > falsely representing himself as a solicitor. He must have known he could > not practise in this court without a certificate. > > MR. AMBLER did not think the case amounted to one of false pretence. > > MR. HEADLAM: I think it does. If he could not appear himself he might > have got somebody else to conduct the case. > > The case was adjourned, MR. HEADLAM remarking that it was a most > disgraceful affair. > ======================================================= > barb, ontario, canada. > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message