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Croydon's Weekly Standard, March 3rd 1866
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DISTRAINT ON LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN PROPERTY.- Some excitement was caused at Wolverton on the 21st of February , in consequence of the overseers for the Parish of Wolverton, with the inspector and sergeant of police, proceeding to execute the warrant of distress granted at Stony Stratford Petty Sessions, on the 9th of that month, against the London and North-Western Railway Company, for £437 16s. 10¼d. for arrears of poor’s rates and costs, particulars of which have already appeared. Seizure was made of three carriages, recently turned out of the shop and not taken into use. The wheels were secured by chains and locks, and a man left in possession. A telegraphic message, sent by the station-master, brought down Mr. Edmonds the same afternoon, from the rating department Euston Station, London, and he paid the full amount claimed, with the costs of the distress. It is understood the overseers made repeated applications before executing the warrant, in hope of avoiding distress, but without effect.
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