The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-15 00:00:00

lUNKRUP fXIAI.INA:ViON

Re. Mario Edward Ba.rte,., e ra m _reknit, Stour-
bridge.-Iho adj•ittrued examinations of tii debtor
took pluee ou2ad iy, t the S ourbridge Court
House. before alr. Registrar Collis 'Mr. Rogers
(Messrs. J,husou. Barclay, Johnson, and Rogers,
of Birmingbatrt) aptieared for the trostes, ; Mr. E.
M. Sharp and Mi. Waker for the debtor.-11 reply
to Ur. Johson (the ofiicial receiver), the debtor 8.11,1
he had had one or two bets with friends—he thought,
witidu the last three or four monihs. Whtll the
names tv«!re asked tor, it waa'suggested they a-ould
be written down —The,Registrar said there was a
good deal ,--;f betting going on in the town, and the
soco,er it was pnt a stop to the better. Tim Official
1103..eiv,r e had been requested to press for in.
totion. Bets would be preferential payments,
and crtditors ought to have teem 'R
:The egis
tror I am afraid you would not lie able to recov-ir
Receiver : That isu matter for the
trewee.—Mr..Walker raid tlie. name of the credi'°
wh:. had asked the OfficiAl. Receiver to p it it 'ts'
qui stions had not been mentioned—The Debtoi
..ttiight not b:3 ereditor.—Afttr come eouversa.
Motlone point the debtor wrote the wan
he referred on a slip of Paper, and the eG 'a
aftir.
ward, mentioned aloutl.—Del,tor saidiha when. he
aalt ii his:previous examination he nevr lost a bet,
'o.ut th, bila.,ce he had. never lost naoney.
rarely if ever 13, tted, end then tnoroifor the sake of
doing.busin las then anythinff else.
anei.unt there w-re four items down° hifßorc"lencY'
defalcation clerks
s, amounting in all to Z 383 This atnount
was partly ascertained and partly Cathrt:tted. Lie
di nit discover the extent to which he was robbed,-
051 ,g to the way in w, ich it as donc. Ilia loss
on sharos the • Itisu lnP
roco ConY' "d
paid ft
intaest, was SI,R)0;filo:0?.i. tii:katSat:i7unt £2OO. W•iB.
o two
-liqu e
idator £630. to the
oi
Referrin„ ti . e'')1111) tny, arid a.e r,st *cos interest.
6 WS ~.tdant:e.silvet to .1.11%-e 18S6; d,btor
flak Li A, 1
• j P.:pared it for hiois df, An tie stiowJd
it to the bank when they oallid for it and to tie

clerk of Messrs. Boumphrey, a Liverpool firm. It
showed him as having a capital of £5,000., but the
mortgagees were not mentioned ; they were knov n
to the bank and to the clerk of the Liverpool fitm
referred to. There were inaccuracies in the balance.
sheet, but he made it out for his private convenience.
He did not get any advantage f-ona the creditors
woo saw the representations in the balance—shest,
nor did he ask any. He reduced one account, and
he believed he was right, off book, in stating he
reduced the banking account. In the balance sheet
to 141 arch 1886, he entered has mill ant machinery
at £4,250., which he purcha-e 1 them at, but he did
not show the mortgag3 of £l,OOO. He had befre
stated it was known to the bank, and ho told the
clerk of the Liverpool creditor who saw it. Mr
Rogers questi ned the debtor as to other points ia
the balance sheet, and the Registrar remarked that
it was a rough thin just drawn up to give him an
idea of his affairs —Mr. Rogers said it showed asiets
and liabilities, and struck a balance.:—The Registrar
said it did not strike a balance. There was £20,000.
on the one hand and £15,000. on the other. It was
an incomplete documenr, nod no one could bo mis-
led by it.—Mr. Rogers said that would be a matter
of inference.—Replying to further questions the
debtor said that at a private meeting of his creditors,
15th Novetn'aer, 183 i, a resolution was passed that
taey would accept Ds in the pound secured, or he
mast file a r-eiti in. He ao3epted the terms offered
but could not c try them out, because he had just
then a further bad debt of £650. which completely
allered the state of things. On the subject of bank
charges. Mr. Ro4ers asked to debtor to point out
any year in which they exceeded t 17., that being
the sun for 1881 A larger sum met.tioned before,
and the debto sail he thought they ware larger,
but it would be previous to the last six years.
Asked as to accounts marked "suspense" in books,
he promised to furnisb the trustee with particulats
regarding them.—M-. Rogers said so tar as the
trustee was concerned, he did not think it was
neoeesaly to ask for auy adjournment provided that
informati on was given. Ate farther proceedings
tae examinati.m was closed.

DRUNK.—At the Police Court yesterday, before
A. F. Godson, M.P., J. B. Cochrane, \V, J. Turney,
and T. D. Thatnas, E,,5., William Brettle, horse•
nail maker, Lye, was fined 24 61 and costs for being
drunk and disorderly at the Lye, on the tith inst.
CAUTIONS —Thomas Norton, carter, Oldswinford,
was charged with driving a pony and cart furiously
on vie 6ta inst. Fined 5s and costs.—Josepia
Bache, errand boy, was charged with wheeling a
perambulator on the footpath on the 6th just. A
fine or 2s 61 including costs was imposed.
THE: SNOWBALLING NUISANC S .—C hares Price,
labourer, Bo,vling Green LAW, was charged with
throwing snowballs on the Bth just, and was fined
2s 6d including costs.—Tnotn is Kitchen, printer,
Pargeter Street, and William Wtsch (14), scholar,
were charged with a similar offence on toe 10th jest.
Kistoa's case was dismiseel, and the case against
Welch was adjourned for a week.
ALLEGED LAIICSNY —Albert Edward Dillworth,
Bell Lane, was charged with stead .g an oven .at,
value 7,3 6d, the property of Susannah James, Amble-
cote, on the 13th inst.; and he was further charged
with stealing a cl)th vest, the property of Ur. J. S
Rogers. Formal evidence It tying been given, the
prisoner was male:led for a week.
MmtRIAGE QUARRELs. Thomas Kirton, chain
maker, Two Ga.;-,es, Cradley, was charged with as-
saulting Amelia Ke..ton, his wife, on th .1 9 la inst. ;
there was a cross-summons charging he wife with
assaulting her husband Mr. Hinds appeared for
the woman, and Mr. Addison for the man The
wife stated that her husban I followed her upstairs
and tried to throttle her—Toe husband said his
wife scratched his face and threatened to stab
him with a knife.—The case was adjourn d for a
week for medical evidence to be produced
AssAuLT.—James Gisbourne, coal dealer, Enville
Street, was charged with assaulting 'William Edward
Cart wright on the Bth inst. Defendant was beat-
ing a donkey, and on complainant remonstrating
him defendaut struck him. Fined 5s and c,ss.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Mr. F. J. Haskew pre-
sided at the usual weekly meeting of this Board held
yesterday, The Master of the House reported
Admitted 10, discharged 7, dea i 4, remaining in the
house 563, corresponding week last year 591 Oat-
door relief: Kiugswinford £l7 163 ld, Stourbridge
£33 103 53/41, liales3wen £29 165 93/41, non-resident
paupers 2is Si, total £ll3 4s 91, against £lO5
14s 1d last year.—Mr. J Round was appointed to
the otfice of poor rate collector to the No. 1, King-
swinford district. There were 28 appicauts for the
°thee, Mr, G. E. Jackson, of Swansea, being the
next to Mr. Round,—Tne question ot mere ,sing the
i salaty of Mr. J. Bishop was again deferred for a
week,

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