In the Chester District Registry 1932
No 50 64 34D
Whereas by Will did Billy Smith decree
That all he had should go to charity
Let all men by these presents know
The Court does not agree
And it is Ordered so:-
He gives it to his family
And since they all are dead and gone
(And no-one traced his only son)
It falls into the Treasury
By Grant de bonis non
1952
In the High Court of Justce
Now I Order this:
Chester Order set aside
Costs to grandson, Jackson Clyde
1954
In the Bedford County Court
Clyde v Clyde
Now I herein do so decide
Subject to this, and costs aside
And hereinafter and hereby
That Jackson Clyde did tell a lie
Great wealth he had and yet he chose
To waste his time with dominoes
At home he left his fragrant wife
And gambled drunk away his life
Wherefore I first his funds Mareva
And then I give a moiety
Unto his good wife Eva
Because he did deceive her
With Mistress Hoity- Toity
1956
In the Crewkerne Petty Sessions
Jackson Clyde of no address
We know you are the swine
Who gave our daughter "lessons"
We don't like your weedling whine
And our strong sons like it less
!956 Legal Notices
Take notice (in the Evening Standard)
That Jackson Clyde has foundered
Creditors will have a feast
And innocents he fleeced
Must write the Official Receiver
In Bankruptcy;the chief of these is Eva
!957
In the Snaresbrook Crown Court
You say you didn't strike your wife
We say you bloody did
You stabbed her with a carving-knife
And then her body hid
You thought her dead and didn't know
That somehow she'd survive
Else you'd have struck another blow
So she'd not then revive
The influence of speed and wine
Did play their part, we do opine
Your history's a sad one
Your ex-wife says you once were kind
Your action was a mad one
So though you are a danger
And though we very much fear
Some violence to a stranger
We'll give you just a year
1958
In the Court of Protection
In the matter of Jackson Clyde
Since he cannot manage money
And since he's barking mad
(His clothes are very funny)
He loses what he had
To be continued and properly revised





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