1859 : Mr Pluckrose - Leaves a hundred Coalwhippers in the Lurch

Title:  The Spectator, 1629, 945
Date:  17 September 1859
Place:  Thames Street Magistrates' Court.

The Metropolis

An application was made to the Thames Street Magistrate on Wednesday1 on behalf of 100 coalwhippers, engaged, so their advocate stated, by Messrs. Chater and Pluckrose to coal the Great Eastern at a certain rate per man. When they presented themselves at Weymouth Mr. Chater requested them to go to hell. Chater bolted from Weymouth, and the poor men were left in the lurch. Mr. Yardley, having no jurisdiction, declined to grant the summons, and it was arranged that the case should be taken to the County Court.

1 14 September 1859

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