James Harmer the French. Harmer was their choice of solicitor. In 1819 Harmer represented Samuel Bamford after the Peterloo massacre. In the Peterloo aftermath Harmer, and Henry Dennison of Liverpool, represented the family of John Lees of Oldham, fatally wounded, at an extended inquest starting 8 September 1819. Dennison, Harmer and Charles Pearson were thanked by the "Report on the Metropolitan and Central Committee, Appointed for the Relief of the Manchester Sufferers" for their investigations. William Hone's book "The Whole Proceedings before the Coroner's Court at Oldham", which exposed the use of force at Peterloo, relied heavily on Harmer's work with witness
Take Your Place States to be trained by Roger Laurin but never raced again and was retired to stud. There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1975: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries. In the British Free Handicap, Take Your Place was allotted a weight of 128 pounds, making him the second best juvenile colt, five pounds below the top-rated Wollow. The independent Timeform organisation rated him on 125, two pounds below Wollow and five behind the French-trained Manado. In 1976 he was rated 112 by Timeform. Take Your