The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

BTALBILIDGE.

A SWINDLING TRAJINAO7:I-01-.----it the Exeter Bank-
-1 ruptoy court on Tuesday, before Mr. Commiserioner
.Amdrews, Messrs. George and Thomas James Turner,
Ibrothers, cattle dealers of this plaoe, came up to apply
iortheir order of discharge. They were opposed by
. J. H. Terrell on behalf of the estate, and supported
by Mr. Clark.—The learned Commissioner mid this
had stool over for his consideration, chiefly with
reference to a charge brought against the bankrupts by
a gentleman named Chiloott, living at Stratton. Mr.
Chilcott stated that the bankrupts had bought eight
pigs of him at Bs. 9d. per wore, under the promise of
paying ready money. The
_pigs were sold to George
Turner, and came to over 270. This transaction took
place on the eve of the bankruptcy, and the bank-
rupts resold the pigs, and received ready money fez
them, but paid no portion of the proceeds to Z..
Chiloott. On this statement then nothing could be
much clearer than that this was a regular swindling
transction. Now, what defence had the bankrupts aet
up to this charge? They had come to that mart add
had sworn that Mr. Chiloott had taken George Turner
to his house and had made him drunk before selling
hint the pigs; and the pigs had been pressed oe thesis,
im time being Axed for payment; that they received •
cheque for the value of the pigs meet to London, which
they cashed—or paid away to somebody who cashed it
—at • bank in Salisbury, with which they rem not in
tise,Tuililt -cif 'cling beaten; that they, mid Simmer
id Grade, to whom they had been indebted three
, £62 10e. The other bankrupt bad Manned his
brother's statement as far at possible by *Wm that his
koth.r came home intoxicated on the night the pigs
. were bought, and in other particulars • NA IS was
*widest that George Turner had meter, .th hke alter
'dealings with the pigs, complained of having been taken
,fg, when be bought them, and it wee equally clear that
'be was able to give a minute account of all that Wick
.igeee. There was not, therefore, it appeared to his
,M•nor, the slightest pretence for the charge which the
,heeiniipta had brought against Mr. Chileott, and he re-
story as a wicked lie, without the slightest
n whatever; neither did he believe the state-
:opt which the bankrupts had made as to what they
cilkwith the money, for looking at all the circumstances
,lii ibeald not &MMe on their testimony that their was
MT such party u the person to whom they said they
Ilind paid the £62. Be was rather more inclined to
believe the bankrupts had still at their disposal some
portion, at least, realized by the sale of them pigs.
Tin bankrupts cause into mud ewiag debts to the ex-
tent of £360 without a farthing assets; they bad fore-
sworn themselves ; they had swindled a waiter out of
£7O on the eye of their bankruptcy, and then raised up
a monstrously false charge against him; and it would
be a perfect disgrace to the bankruptcy laws if men
who conducted themselves u the bankrupts had meld
come to this mud and get their discharge. He had
considered which of three °muses open to Inns he ought
to adopt—order a prosecution, refuse the discharge
altogother, or adjourn the ruse sine die. It did not
appear however that the bankrupts had planned this
swindle, and as they might have commenced the deal
bona fide, he should not order a prosecution • and of
the ether courses he thought it would be better to
adjourn the ease nu die without protection; giving time
bankrupts leave if any of their creditors Agee to
*fleet them and put them to prison for six maths, to
*gain appl to him at the expiration of that time for an
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