The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-19 00:00:00

Men many instances at reanararoo.
00 his part ; and it was possible that that disposition might
have desosaded to his son. The bankrupt made the most
oftbe dab barber written him a letter beginning "My
dear Captain Logan," and ending, " Torus truly.' He said
he had had five or six such letters from the duke, and he
had used themes a means of imposing on tradespeople; but
be only produced one, which was on a very unimportant
subject, relating to the delivery of • picture at the duke's
ridingschooL Having come over to this country, he very
soon got into prison, for in March. 1860, he was seeking to
obtain his discharge from the Insolvent Debtors Court.
While in prison he had got acquainted with a perm named
Parkas, who stated that he was an attorney of Shan=
but by some mistake or oversight his name had bean w
from the Law List of the current year ; bat on search being
made in the rolls of certificates, it appeared that this
man bad been in the habit of occasionally taking out
his certificate, and occasionally omitting to do so. Pukes
himself, though an attorney of the court, was not at all
new to insolvency, for he had been three time. ineolveat—
in 1848,1069, and 1860. While in prison with Lope he
had assisted him in drawing up his petition ; and whoa
they both got out, and ...egan wanted to obtain credit from
tradesmen, he had constantly referred to Mr. Parkas, hi
attorney, who had come out of prison at the same time as
himself. The bankrupt had gone to Mr. Amur' a dressing-
mu maker in the Strand, and purchased • travelling beg
worth 9/. Ti. Producing a cheque for 401., he said that he
should return to town on the following Saturday, sad
would then cash the cheque and pay fog the the
meantime he referred to Parkes, at 10, Beaufort- ;
and directed the bag to be sent there. This was dais, sad
Parkes, after answering the inquiries that were made,
took it in. Here was a man filling the reversible
position of an attorney of that court, when business it
was, as an officer of the court, to see Notice dose by
and to others, who, as a man of common probity and
honesty, ought to have told Mr. Asatir--" If you trust
this man with this beg you will never get a farthing for
it," actually allowing himself to be the referee of the
bankrupt, to enable him to swindle parties out of
their property. This was not a solitary case, and the
court had thought of directing a prosecution against the two
for conspiracy to defraud, and of laying the cue before the
Attorney-General ; but he doubted whether the evidence
was sufficient to support an indictment. These parties had
been together in gaol ; they had come out together ; and the
one bad got credit from several tradesmen in London by vir-
tu ring to the other. This was very like a conspiracy to
defraud. The bag, instead of being used, wee imme-
diately sold for half its value, or whatever
could be got for ft, to a man of the name of Hunt. There
were several other cues ; one was that of Mr. Ellis, from
whom the bankrupt had obtained jewellery on the represent.
Mice (which Parkes stated to be true) that he was about to
many • lady of fortune,butfortunately former he Inatoad
out before the marriage could take place. In Kr. Ewes use,
Parkes had guaranteed the debt, and bad had to !IL?:
greater part of it. Of course the bankrupt had paid
There were two other creditors who had the b.. 1,..7,a
custody, and whose cases the court would not therefore
consider—Messes. Green and Niter, and Messrs. Erard ;
but in both the bankrupt had been guilty of
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fraud. The former firm had prosecuted him for our. "
from them a valuable chandelier; bat the bankrupt
had been acquitted by the jury, as be said, honour.
ably acquitted. (A laugh.) Messrs. Eard bad
most unwisely given him credit for • pianoforte,
on which he had immediately raised money by giving
a bill of sale on it to a person named Diogley, a picture
dealer and money lender. But he had been too much
for even the money lender, for he obtained the advance, and
then sold the piano to some one else. Again Mr. Parkes,
the attorney of the court, was the man who had assisted
him is this transaction. This was clearly a plan to vied
miss ; in feet, all the creditors had been victimised. The
sentence of the court was that the order of discharge should
be suspended for twelve months from the date of the peti-
tion—no protection to be given until the bankrupt had
been twelve months in prison.
The bankrupt said he wished to give notice to appeal in
forma pauper's.
The Commissioner—By all means ; appeal if you cheese;
but you must make the usual deposit for costa.
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