Bardell vs. Pickwick
Bardell vs. Pickwick
trial for breach of promise results in imprisonment of both parties for not paying damages and costs. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers]
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Bardell vs. Pickwick to the stark atrocity that was debtors prison, The Pickwick Papers is a superb rendition of Dickens' grand and thoroughly engaging adventure.
The misunderstanding leads to the famous breach of promise suit of Bardell vs. Pickwick. Mr.
Justice Starleigh, the judge who presides at the trial of Bardell vs. Pickwick.
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