The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-21 00:00:00

Kati futtlltgence.
COURT OF BANERUFIVI.—MAsca 20.

awl= itLializtalatima halaaala
1111 alai& BOYD.
• petition In baakruptcy was opened against Nark Boyd,
steektimher, al 4, New Bank-baiMap. It was stated that
the lila» hal bean
NM My aameleasi mainly by the beakrapee
as vershalikr of Oa Royal Bask of Australia,
minas as asamested with his Waimea as a steckhreker.
Man ZS. COOMIIIONIZ saaawallara.
II! an TOTIIDOAST.
This was the gnamisatlaa meeting. The bankrupt was
iserribed as s btarilevianse keeper and shetp.salesman,
of Notation's& Zsmedifilei. Re had am kept a lunatic
asylum at Orevieplasede pannership with one Bymes, whia,
it was saw Masi w. Milt, had beams a lunatic himself.
The debts, asenred sad awaited, and liabilities, are
staid at upwards of 23,0004; swots and property held by
moillsre, about 17,00 W.
lb. Lammas applied, ca behalf of Bylaw, that aader
the *sunbeams' stated in the affidavit, he might not be
proemial await far nmeaussander under his bankruptsy;
tad an wee was male assaMagly.
The assignees rapids. men detailed amounts, the ex-
amination of Potimeary was adjourned. It was stated that
at ate time, the beak/apt had had as many as thirty hum
tim sada his charge.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS
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rat 1112 MAMA 07 lOnn WILLtAIt norm
This insolvent, apsy:7 man known as " Captain Dunne
asilOspainDann, cep ea to be diseharged he
Kr. Oaks ap to *ppm for Messrs.
tending as " Murray and Co." Three median
is person, Mr. 011ivier, mule publisher, of Old
; Mr. Sinantonds,woller, Southampton-row,
Imeselkwaare; and Mr. Shepherd, tailor, South Antilop
sliest Mr. Nichols supported
•
Tie inwhost mu now 27. Hs had been in the army, and
mil lie aommairion in 1861. He had " one hundred awl
toseestputo foiedOrm" and his debts were 11,6071., of 'bid
sea to bat ma deimsiws for 3,7741.. leaving his actual
deble tau, inn Ida He had 27,9471. on the other side
hen his stepfather, Wind John O'Meara, to upwards et
23.11001., by an order in Chascery,in the estate of his father,
end his stopebler, Miss O'Meara, owed him 9001. for money
adirnmemi ire her modal edscatton. Colima O'Meara had
An
tbrougli the .
An oblostlem was tawartken ia Undue to the oppositioa of
Mreas. Mamba, is the ground that one el the firm had en•
der eared to get payment or *aurae from the insolvent la
He west to the Queen's Prison in September, and
C161:11111aeber ese elle Ann called oa him sad said, if he was
net paid. St bal esearity they would oppose. The gentle-
iona relbeeedi to was sailed, , and said there was • general
wawriadmi. To So beet of his recollection be had not
staled Oat t e isetwat bad represented.
Mr. Vomilithiewie neap held that the opposition could
met be Awe& The iliNiVellt wee positive, and according
to die Pleelfiell et the sent, if • creditor tried to get as ad-
mango tibia • man was in prime, he could not oppose.
He amass mould not hear the opposition of Mesta.
Mitchell.
The three creditors in pesos stated their complaints.
Their debts were incased in the year 1852, when the in-
solvent had a messiss is Obspol-street, Grosvenousgeare,
I which he rented Rs a &ea tie Webbed, at SOU a year.
There he gave newiel genteel lad sentratted Mr. Olivier's
debt. His measliest- et populate were from Miss
O'Mears's talent, who was to be brought out as a singer,
and he expected 10,0001. From Mr. Simmonds the insolvent
hired plate and IMen, at 121. a month, and paid him the
first month in advance. Soon afterwards the landlord, Mr.
Tayleur, living near Liverpool, put in a distress, and the
plate was condemned. Mr. Siminoade said, through the
honourable conduct of Mr. Tolima, he got his property.
Mr. Shepherd was • creditor to 23/. for clothes, to be paid
for on delivery. The in gave Dim, he said, ea engraved
card, "Captain Dann,". with a castle on it in Wales. The
insolvent now said the castle was a " fishing oweago," at
901. • year. Whilst at Chapel-street the insolvent antracted
• debt with Messrs. Gealeeths, oessiodossora. to • large
amount. He kept his batik, peen, awl lariaskaagat at
the place. He denied that he knew that Mr. Ilimenesfie's
goods had been distraieed spot for rest. He had wised
his " butler" to give them to him. At the time he MI.
treated the debts be had no Income, but expected very much
from the debut of Miss O'Meara. His expectations had not
failed from her want of muMaal talent.
The complaint of Mr. Sisamonds and Mr. Shepherd was
fraud. The insolvent, they stated, had rf. presented to them
that he was a man of property. They called on Mr. George
Pollock, attorney, of Eseez-street, to whom Mr. Simmonds
was referred, sail he made a fair statement, they admitted,
to them. He tad them he was extravegant.
Mr. Pollock was now milled as a witness, and repeated
what he had stated to the partial. Ho said he did not re-
present the insolvent as a man of property. From the evi-
dence in the mu it appeared that the insolvent had an
account at Misers. Drummond', the bankers, and that had
induced Mr. Shepherd to supply the clothes. Mr. Sint-
snoods stated that the insolvent spoke of his property at
Liverpool and Regent's-park.
The insolvent, on his examination, described the property
he had expected and the order made by the Court of Chan.
mu. He admitted that he had been very extravagant. He
had been saves mouths in prison, and since October in the
infirmary owing to ill health. He seemed to feel the es-
poem" now made of the manner in which he had contracted
the debts in the schedule.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips decided that as the complaint
on the part of Uri:Osmond' and Mr. Shepherd was fraud,sad
there being a mixed motive in allowing the debt to be con-
tracted, there was no fraud is the case. Had the ineelvest
not beea more than six months in priest he woald have
been remanded for the full period of the discretionary clause.
The schedule disclosed the extravagance of the insolvent,
his utter recklessness, and be could assure him that but for
the reason he had stated, he would have given a judgment
to the full period of the discretionary clause.
The insolvent was discharged.