The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

ARCHES COURT.--7Atr.l9.

s•»ae 11l DODSOK.
!BUN O. LILLY.
This was an appeal from the Commissary Court of Surrey
against the slimily aliened to the wife.
Sir J. Dodson dinned the decision, ud remitted the
cause. . _ •

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-JAN. 19.

allaill ILL

The bankrupt, a grocer at Ipswich, applied for his cer-
tificate. His unsecured debts were 6181. ; suets, about
5001. Property to the amount of 1,2001. was held as se-
curity
thated It appeared from the official usignee's
report the bankrupt had kept his books imperfectly,
and bad not taken stock during the whole period of his
trading.
Mr. Jennings, for the aar4ness offered no opposition,
but expressed a belief that the bankrupt's difficulties had
arisen from building speculations.
Mr. Doyle, for the bankrupt, excused the defective book-
keeping on the ground of the small trading of the bank-
rupt. H. had kept such books as were usually kept by
enders of his elass. In a country district they did not ob-
serve those niceties in bookkeeping which prevailed among
merchants in the metropolis, sad 'till more so in Prance.
lie feared it would be a long time before this excellent
system extended into the provinces.
The Commissioner—ln Franco there are officers whose
duty it is to inspect the books of traders, and if they find
them defective, to give them the nemeses, caution.
Mr. Doyle hoped that the decisions of that court would
have the effect of inducing a better system of book-keeping
throughout this country. la this case the bankrupt bad
incurred considerable loss through his connexion with
bielldisi societies.
His Honour said the case was not one of unavoidable loss
or misfortune la say respect. There was nothing compul-
-1 wry in his beanies eimmeeted with these clap.trap societies.
) Traders would do meek better to stick to their shops then
embark in such projects. This man had kept no cask book,
1 till book, or bought ledger; and the consequence was his
. waists were mainly estimated. He could only have • tet-
t Motes of the lowest clue, to be suspended for six months
I is the date of the petition (in October last.)
1 IN 11.3 BOLING.
' This was the certificate meeting in the case of Henry
) Holum Mason, the Drury-lane clown, who kept the Clown
' Tavern, Windmill.street.
Mr. sard, for the assignee', offered no opposition.
Mr. Chidley, on behalf of the bankrupt, salted for a first-
due certificate.
Mr. Nicholson, the official usignee, reported that the
bankrupt had • surplus in November, 1853, of 4141.; he
bad paid 4001 for the gOod-will of the Clown T which
bad turned out an entire loss. He now owed 1,2151. ; the
assets were expected to yield about 10s. in the pound.
His Honour said the question in this cue was only one
of class. The bankrupt might have his certificate, but he
had jumped rather quickly from a surplus of 40W. to a con-
siderable amount of debt. He might be a very excellent
clown, but he had acted very foolishly in throwing away hie
money in a house when he might as well have thrown it
date the getter.
The bankrupt stated, in :answer to questions from the
court, that he had saved nearly 6001. in Liverpool. He
thought of going to France, having an engagement there ;
but when in London he was induced, by representations as
to the excellent character of the house, to take the Clown
Tavern, then called the Catherine Wheel. He consulted
several of his friends, including the trade saaignee, who all
thought the house a good one. He spent a good deal in
fitting up the house, bat it had net turned out equal to his
expectations.
His Honour deferred his judgment till the assignees had
disposed of the house occupied by the bankrupt.
IN NI DUNILIT.
The bankrupt, a grocer, at Daventry, applied for his cer-
tificate. He was opposed by the assignees on the ground of
imperfect book-keeping, and having gone on trading after
he was insolvent.
Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, submitted that he was
entitled to • autifieste of the second class.
His Hemeur granted • second slue certificate at the end
lof four months from the bankraptcy.
IN 113 LUCKING.

The bankrupt was a grocer, at Corringhem, in Braes.
This was the certificate meeting. His debts were 001. ;
wets about 801.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said they did not oppose,
but only on the ground that it was no use throwing good
money after bad. The bankrupt had dealt with the assig-
nees for several years, and they bad no personal ground of
complaint
Mr. Lawrence nrW, on behalf of the bankrupt, that he
had been prevented pins his books with due regularity
owing to a prottacted Masse.
His Honour observed that this was the third ease of •
grocer which had been before him that morning ; be feared
the trade wu in a bad way. Here the losses had amounted

to 1401,
Mr. Lowrance said these were not wholly bad debts, but
had ariren from various sources. The expenditure was un-
vouched, but this was owing to his having mainly supplied
himself from his own shop, where he sold drapery es well
al traceries.
His Honour said he could only grant a third class certifi-
cate , and in consideration of the had book• keeping, and the
excess of expenditure over the profits, it must be suspended
for four mouths from the date of the petition, with protec-
tion in the mean time.
won na. tenrommelx 115111.
IN NI Invite.
The bankrupt, a watchmaker, of King William-street,
Strand, applied for his certificate.
Mr. Taylor opposed, for the assignees, principally on the
ground that the bankrupt had pledged watch.' to the value
of 8901.—some of them only a few days after purchase—and
had thereby canoed a loss of 2701. to the estate. He farther
urged that the bankrupt had bang uilty of making prefe-
rential payments.
Mr. Linklater, on behalf of the bankrupt, urged that
there were wets, at cost price, of nearly 2,0001., to mes
debts of 2,1601., and that there was no evidence of any
watch,' having been pledged immediately after purchase.
His Honour tad he greatly disapproved of the practise
of pawning, though be knew that the court above had
sanctioned the pledging of goods by traders. Tre bad
been no fraudulent preference ; but having regard tohe all the
circumstances of the case, he could only grantt a second
class certificate after six months' sospealfien. with Pm
taction.