Children of Andrew and Sarah Pollard

"April 2, at Mount Pleasant Chapel, Swansea, by the Rev. C. Short, M.A., Mr. Benjamin Howell, of Waunarllwydd, Swansea Highter, to Miss Sarah Pollard, both of Waunarllwydd."

Sudden Death.

Mr. A.M.M. Forbes held two inquests at Tottenham on Friday morning. The first related to the death of Andrew Pollard (69) a commercial traveller, who resided at 41, Talbot-road, Tottenham.—The deceased was seen to fall in the High-road near the Polytechnic, and Mr. Taber, a tobacconist, ran to his assistance, and he was conveyed to the Prince of Wales Hospital.—Dr. Markham attributed death to heart failure due to heart disease of long standing, and a verdict to this effect was returned.

Robert Pollard, an inspector in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, said the coal had been taken from a truck of steam coal, part of which had been put on board the steamer. It was worth twopence. Defendant was fined 1s. and the value of the coal.

Mr. John Pollard, rate clerk to the Croydon Board of Health, was on Friday selected by the Bromley Board of Guardians from four others, for the office of Poor Rate collector, No. 2 District, Bromley Union, in place of Mr. Shinner resigned.

Mr. John Pollard has resigned his appointment of collector of poor rates for Mottingham, and the Board of Guardians has decided to offer the post to Mr. Mortis.

A DANGEROUS HORSE.—On Saturday evening the cob which was the cause of the death of Mr. Frank Pollard, of Beckenham, again bolted at Reynolds-cross, St. Mary Cray. Since the fatal accident the animal has been in charge of two men. Mr. John Pollard, the owner of the cob, in company with these two men, took the horse out himself on Saturday. They went as far as the Cray river at Ford Croft, and then turned to come back. All three held the reins, but Mr. Pollard was in the cart and the other two at the horse's head. No sooner did the latter two let go the reins at the request of Mr. Pollard, than the animal took fright and went off at a terrific speed, not stopping until it entered the gates of Mr. Pollard's residence, Hollydene, Chelsfield road, Orpington. Luckily no one met with any injury, but the shafts of the vehicle were slightly damaged. Mr. Pollard has now declared his intention of selling the animal.

noticed that last year Mr. Pollard's certificate was for £40 19s. This year he should reduce the amount of the certificate by £10, because the work had been carelessly done.

OBITUARY.

MR. JOHN POLLARD.

The death occurred at Stretton Lodge, Cypress-road, South Norwood-hill, on Tuesday, at the age of 67, of Mr. John Pollard, who was formerly well known as Rate Collector in the Bromley Union district. The late Mr. Pollard acted in that capacity for the Rural Sanitary Authority, and subsequently for the Bromley Rural District Council. When Chislehurst and Foots Cray obtained urban powers the new Urban District Councils appointed their own Assistant Overseers, and thereafter these districts appointed their own Rate Collectors. Mr. Pollard retired about six years ago. He had only been ill a short time, but his death was not unexpected.

The funeral will take place at Crystal Palace District Cemetery to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

JAMES THOMAS POLLARD, Giggal Hill, applied for a licence to sell beer off the premises. He handed in a certificate as to character, and state that he pays a yearly rent of £18. There was no objection to the application which was granted.

The CHAIRMAN said, in his opening address, that he had been engaged for 40 years in the fight against intemperance, and it was a matter of regret that their hopes and objects had not yet been fulfilled. But there had been a great deal done during those 40 years, though there was a great deal still to be done. [ . . . ]

A PENSIONER IN TROUBLE.—At the West Ham Police-court on Monday, John Brown, a traveller, of Albert-square, Forest-lane, Forest Gate, was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the Royal Hotel, Leytonstone-road, when requested to do so by George Henry Hake, the landlord, and also with assaulting Alfred Pollard, the potman of the Royal Hotel.—The offence having been proved, prisoner was fined 10s. and 8s. costs for refusing to quite the house.

[The identification seems doubtful, but I have included it on the strength of the occupation given in 1871. Although it could be that it is the 1871 entry that is doubtful, there is no other possible Alfred Pollard in that census.]

ARTHUR POLLARD. I am an oilman, of 222, Roman Road, Old Ford—Sait had a wholesale rag shop close to me—on, I think, March 6th, he came to my place and asked if I was a buyer of a cask of white lead—I went to his place and examined it, and said "It won't do for my trade, but it will do for mixing up paints; I will give you 2l. for it"—he did not accept my offer then, but the same evening or next day the lead was sent to my premises, where the police found it.

Cross-examined. I have known Sait three years; he is a general dealer—I have seen him at sales; he buys anything he can turn a penny by—we talked about the lead openly in the bar of the Prince Albert.

ARTHUR POLLARD,

7 Derby-road, South Hackney, lately 222 Roman-road, North Bow, London, Oilman.

Bowley & Son ............ London   £40  0  0

Spaul E.J. ...................       "          10  0  0

Taylor A. ....................       "          11  0  0

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Including creditors under £10   £133  6  0

PARTLY SECURED CREDITOR.

Courcha Henry ..........  London    £50  0  0

PREFERENTIAL CREDITORS.

Rent, rates, &c.  .......................  £10  0  0

Stratford.

CHARGES AGAINST PUBLICANS.—Arthur Pollard, the landlord of the Higham Hill tavern, Walthamstow, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises on the 18th ult.; and Albert Fage, a labourer, of Walthamstow, was summoned for being drunk on licensed premises. Mr. Atkinson defended Mr. Pollard.—The evidence showed that on the afternoon in question Sergeant Montgomery found the defendant Fage the worse for liquor in a horse trough near defendant's house. A man came up who said Fage lodged in his house, and he took charge of him. The two went into the Higham Hill tavern, and later on, when the police entered, they saw Fage with a pot by the side of him. Attention was drawn to his condition, but he stayed in the house for some time after that.—Mr. Atkinson, for the defence, proved that the man was not served with liquor, and contended that that ended the case, but the bench said that the serving was not material. Fave was drunk and was permitted to remain in the house. Mr. Pollard would be fined 40s. and costs, but his license would not be endorsed. Fage was fined 5s. and costs.

Not Travellers.

Alexander O'Grady, seventy-nine, of Oatland Rise, Higham Hill, Walthamstow, and Thomas Yeoman, of 32, Ickworth Park-road, Walthamstow, were summoned for being on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Police Inspector Harry Diddams saw Yeoman and O'Grady come from the Higham Hill Tavern at 11.20 a.m. on Sunday, 29th ult. He took the men back into the house. There was no one at the door, which was partly open. About thirty persons were in the house, and a little girl about thirteen years of age, the daughter of the landlord, was behind the bar serving. Yeoman said he was a farrier, carrying on business near Hoe-street Bridge, and he went to the Higham Hill Tavern on business. The landlord had a horse which suffered with a bad foot, and he called to see it. Yeoman was fined 20s. and the costs; O'Grady, who pleaded guilty, was fined 10s. and the costs.—Arthur Pollard, the landlord, was next summoned for unlawfully keeping his premises open. Alexander O'Grady said that when he entered defendant's house a man did ask him where he came from, and he said Hackney. Mr. Spicer said there was a doubt in this case, and the Bench should give the defendant the benefit of it, and dismiss the summons. They thought that, considering it was a house much frequented by visitors on Sundays, defendant should not have had only a girl of about thirteen years of age in the bar, and they did not think the man was altogether a trustworthy man to hold the position of door-keeper. Defendant: I discharged him last week.

Arthur Pollard, of "Higham-hill" Tavern, Walthamstow, was summoned for causing a van to be used on which there was no name legibly printed. Fined 10s., and 2s. costs.

A HORSE-DEALING TRANSACTION AT FOREST GATE.

An amusing horse dispute was heard at Bow County Court o Wednesday, Arthur Pollard, retired licensed victualler, of Leyton, suing Alfred Wilderspin, vegetable merchant, of 137, Osborne-road, Forest Gate, to recover £25 for breach of warranty in the sale of a pony.

Plaintiff stated that in January he wanted a quiet pony to drive his wife out. His friend (Mr. Harding), a post-master, told him he knew Wilderspin had a pony for sale, and he went with defendant and Harding to look at it. They first went to a public house.

Mr. Tynel: Of course you did. No horse-dealing transaction would be complete without. (Laughter.)

Plaintiff continued: The defendant drove them about half a mile about the lanes. The pony appeared to go all right, and they returned to the public house, where defendant said, "I'll warrant it quiet in harness and sound." Plaintiff bought the pony for £18 10s., defendant agreeing to send it up to Leyton by rail. He drove it out daily, and on the seventh occasion it suddenly stopped, then went "dot-and-go-one like," and he could not get it along. It gradually got worse, and in April he called in a veterinary, who said it was suffering from and old-standing sore in the hoof and would never get better, and advised him to sell it as quickly as possible. (Laughter.) He sent it to Aldersgate Repository, and it realised only £4 12s. 6d. He went to defendant's house at Forest Gate to ask for the balance, when Wilderspin abused him and threatened to turn him out of the house. (Laughter.)

Richard Harding, post-master, of Beckton, corroborated, adding that defendant said, "I will warrant it a good pony and quiet in harness."

Mr. Tynel: And so it was, according to Pollard's statement, "a very quiet pony." (Laughter.)

Mr. Lynch, for the defence, contended there was no warranty. When the bargain was made each signed the agreement produced, by which Wilderspin warranted to send the pony to Leyton "safe and sound," but the soundness referred to its being so delivered as free from accident, and not to the pony's physical condition. Pollard tried the pony before he bought it.

His Honor [sic] said the case rested upon what was meant by the term "sound." He believed it referred to the soundness in delivery and not to the pony's condition, and so must give judgement for defendant, with costs.

LEAVING CALLINGTON.

Mr. William Pollard, the railway stationmaster at Callington, has resigned from the department after 20 years' service and intends visiting England, where he and his family will settle should favorable inducement offer. The residents of the district felt that they could not let him depart without giving some tangible proof of their esteem and goodwill, and accordingly on Thursday evening of last week a number waited upon him at his residence and made a presentation of a travelling bag, suitably engraved. Mr. A. F. Gehrike, J.P., in handing over the gift on behalf of the residents of Callington and district, said that while they all regretted Mr. Pollard's departure from their midst they desired to make some recognition of the kindly, courteous, and conscientious manner in which he had carried out his duties as a public servant. He hoped that their small gift would act as a memento of the kindly feelings and good wishes which Mr. Pollard and his family carried with them to the old country, and all wished them a safe and pleasant voyage. Messrs. F. Lehmann, R. S. McDonald, C. Chapman, O. Sabine, P. Lewis, and II. Werner also spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr. Pollard, who suitably replied. Mrs. Pollard kindly entertained the company with light refreshments, after which hearty cheers were given for Mr. and Mrs. Pollard.