The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-25 00:00:00

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tether% esecutor. aconte gave her • note of hand for the raceme dulled the Muth. and ladled Thomas Flostron, who suPPottml i
whet he had it. She did not give him it receipt when It was his statement. .The mse .., dismissed.
repaid. She had port of the nione' left tone of the sheep Porn' Semmes, Friday. -Before the Mayor and Alderman F.
Geor,te hod she thought were sold. Her sister-in-law, Elisabeth T. Roeers
limns, woo present when the £.lOO woo reneid by William Had ./ist n Durbon was bniuzht ith in melody charged with
never asked William for I. lufore -clid not want It till then. assaulting Henry Ilatthess, fl.herman, On Tuesday In the
By the Judge : She belie,d e.. broiher o,osge Ito!. the money King Q
and ueen publichoisse..- Prison .r spoke &hint China, and
for her on the day she asked him
wilnce° 'Pia. - Perhalu You wos nees...4 thee, " Ppon that he
By Mr kiirtael : bid not rec.lleet when William lost conic to jumped up, Itiew.el him down 'and kicked him--h fine of el
Gabriel • ; she waii last at Westlily in the summer. Did liot '-'" , i noos ~,-" ,
- --- "' 'ier"ised, aith it days' hard labour as the
know or think her brother was in difficulties The receipt at altethative
the back of the note wee Written in the presence of her sister-
law and two brothers. The money WOO counted by her
th
pAItICHTONEs
brother- -George the supposed - ond put on the table.
By Mr (thisdry : 1)1.1 not remember how long ago it was her Tile new orzan recently built for Captain thigmore;
father died -10 or 17 years since. Ile fit 10 children, and all brother of our highly eth ,
ectued vicar, was opened I Y
had some little proiurty. 1 hot was the is 'than from whi-h she ',vital in the schoolroom, on Whitsun Tuesday, by Mr.
got. the £lOO. The motley ii,., lent on ilenutiii for her to get Alfred Eyre, organist .4 St. Peter's. Vauxhall, whose
at any Duo. She lives: with tie..rge and his family, and rented I brilliancy of execution in both the morning and evening
the dairy. She asked theorze to get the ..... hey, and left him to I performances wail greatly enjoyed by the audience and
settle the mune_ The ,„,,,, ..og put on the table. lier I greeted with a perfect storm of applause. Bliss Druites
history of the transaction err. true. Titer, was no pretence admirable violin perfortuat thee, accompanied by Miss
for saying it was not. 1101 she 1.11... her brother Was in Hamilton on the piano, drew forth hearty expressions of
difficulties she should have got the money before. delight and aPprosal, and in two instancees vociferom
George Harris, brother 01 the bankrupt, said he was "thick encores were demanded. The programme was all that
to hear," and in examining him the solicitors had to "speak could be desired
up." His sister let William have £lOO :he had hail it before
Did not gire a note of hand for it, and had no receipt when it
was repaid_ Only had it about a month --his brother James,
now dead. had it before. Ile asked for the money by request
of Ms sister. It was in the latter part fif November or early
part of December—he did not know which : it might be early
part of November he could not tell for a month. William
promised to get it. Ile asked him three or four timea
for It. Did not take the note with him. Got mme
sheep from his brother for the money. 11.1 bought sheep
and bulloCss before. liad no knowledge William woo going to
be in trouble. Witness helped dnve the sheep back with
William. William said he might as well have the note of hand.
and we .1 for it. The sheep were Ms each, and mine to £lO7
or £lOO. On the Ifith December WAS the last time he went,
and said his sister was determined to have the money. tie said
1 he bad no money, but he'd sell liim some sheep as witnews had
plenty of keep. lie offered him about 70 sheep asking 355,
but he only offered 30s, and at last aimed to give 31s, but
It woo. very tight lergaln. lie 'tut en the table the nnoley in
three or four £lO buttes and the net of gold. Did not think be
put down any silver: he hadn't enough, and owed her a few
shillings after. Didn't remember who mlculitted the interewt. -
think William did for himself, and supposed he .141 for his
enter. Bought 70 sheep for his sister, and )12 for himself to
settle • bill for farm work done for William.
fly Yr Gundry : It was under pressure for the money that
William °Renal him the ,dieep.
Mr Hirtzel said the evidence of the bankrupt himself contra-
dicted these vi nusee in several important particUlara, alld In.
asked for it to be read,
The Itegistrar (Mr Giles Symonds) real William Harris's
OVitleiliCe, taken before himself. Thu bankrupt said he had
long beet. lo 'Melaka, baying been working on bemired
money for eight years. As to the £lOO borrowed of his sister,
li. said lee did not ',now who wrote the receipt on the back of
the note. Demuth, it lie received the note twig in the
following week, ii,e never applies' to him herself fur the
money. Last Seinember at their house she asked 4ir It,
' istyliqg she should be wonting it. Ills brother when he applied
for the rC-11.11"Inclat ..f the losti said he must have money of
money's worth, and on that he red the sheep. He stated
his unsecured dcbta to be about £1,300, and his net asiels
iaoo

Mr !WWII called attention to the discrepancies In the
evidence given, particularly a. to the alleged time of application
for the money and the delivery of the note. Me also called
attention to the tact that this on, iowl (he or six cases In
which the bankrupt denuded himseU of almost an his property,

pulsing It over to relativm.
The Judge salt he did not. see how they could get over the
evidence id the brothar who corroborated his sister. He dill
not understand Mr fiirtael to impeach the bona fides of the
ban ; and ,iirecteil attention to the ruling in recent cases, which
went to this that "a demand or ropiest made noon • creditor,
alth.tugh nut accompanied by threat. was still sufficient to
deprive the act of • fraudulent character."
Mr Ilirtzel said it was • question whether liii Honour
believed the parties, and asked him to t•untrast the evidence
;6%1,1.
Ili. Honour considered that in all important features there
nu nay no contra lietin. I.lldollbledly as the tresnactions
were between relative, it was. pniper ease for inquiry.
This being his Honour's opinion, Mr Ifirtzel ;said it would
be futile for him to occupy time by going into the case respect-
ing the brother Geonte. Ile W,11141, however, take the eau
esteeming Mr Henry grown. .if
Both Mr and Mrs Brown were eaatuilied. It seemed that In
January, 1474, Mr Brown lent bankrupt £5O on his note of
hand, and lit April another .1:50 he had front his wife, saved for
her 11011. Samuel Slated.. by a previous nal/Awe, and the nut*
was given in his name. Mr Brown said lie was to have had the
Inner). back the middle of harveat, and he waited and waited
till December, when he and riimonds went ti William Harris,
and demanded re-point:tit, and took Sollle heifers at a price
agreed uissi ii settlement. Everything was done, he said.
in a straightforward way; and Sir flirts/II did not dispute the
version ginning the transactions.
All the motions, therefore, on the behalf of the trustee,
Sir F. W. Gundry said the transactions if his clients had been
Noses fide, and uked for costs.
As the defendants Intl secured their debts, and there was so
little left for other crealitors. his Ibmoisr suciatted Mr Gebidry
should be satisfied with only the railway fares of his clients and
witnesites, and this he accepted. Mr Gundry added, at the
close nit the case, he happened to know that bankrupt's
brother mid sister were unaware of his being in ilifliculties