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was that the beekrupts had obtained credit of them by •
false prelate* of savesey.
Hansford, one of the bankrupts, admitted the speculation
in Cocoas to the extent of 1,0001. They bought for die
account in Marsh lest, sad sustained a loss of 41. or 61.
There were three or four ether purchases; on on. trauma..
use they lost 1471. They were then insolvent. Hie partner
knew of these transactions sod war concerned is them. In
May purchased goods of Hatable sad Co., giving a reference
to Lode Hakes sad Ce. Witness represented that he had
received a gift of 6001. tress hie father. Upwards of 2001.
worth of goods had been Bonita by Gamble and Co., sod
not • farthing had been paid. He did not think he was
doing aaything woo( la making these speculations in
Consols.
His Honour said he very mach regretted to sra two such
young men (both the bankrupts are apparently about 22
or 26 years of age) placed in so seriras a position. Thrash
the case was not strictly brought within the 201st section,
which required the absolute refusal of the certificate in
eases of time bargains, the proof not being conclusive as to
the precise amount lost in one day, yet it was still open to
soy creditor to contest at law the validity of a certificate so
granted. It was mast discreditable to the bankrupts as
traders to have gambled away their creditors' mosey in the
way they had done. He was both surprised and lorry to
hear onset the bankrepts,llansford, declare that he saw no
harm in whet he bed done. There ware other features of
the ease which involved ground for very serious censure.
Messrs. Gamble's debt had been contracted by fraud and
felts pretences ; for the bankrupts must then have known
themselves to be hopelessly insolvent. He therefore felt it
his duty to suspend the certificates for as long a period es he
could short of actual refusal. As the bankrupts were both
young men, be hoped they would seriously consider the po-
sition is which they bad plated themselves, and, it the ex-
piration of the period of suspension, would conduct their
future business fairly, honestly, and steadily. There was
some distinction between the rases of the two bankrupts,
but not sufficient to justify the court in making say diffe-
rence in the period of suspension. Both the certificates
most be suspended for three years from that day, when
granted to be of the third class. From Mansford protection
would he withheld for six maths ; Boyden would have
protection for three months, restorable unless cause were
shown to the contrary, at the end of that time.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Fns. 22.

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This ineel;str,• idler sadZirttarTsitr;l;lartis, whore
cue was originally before the court in December, appeared
for adiadication. Mr. Deed opposed, sad Mr. Drwse
ported
Two points were urged in oppoeition—a makin away
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with property and a mutilation of account books. The in-
solvent had given a bill of sale to his father-in-law, a penon
named Bytes, the bailiff of Whiteehapel County Court.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips gave the insolvent the benefit
of a doubt he entertained with respect to the account books,
and on the complaint of making away with property to
Sykes, pronounced a judgment of eight calendar swaths
from the vesting order in November.

IN Ya JOHN ZDWILIIIIB.
This was an application under the Proieeticn Act. Mr.
Samosa opposed, and Mr. Nichols supported.
The insolvent was a general shopkeeper and cab proprie-
tor at Brixton. There was a good deal of contradictory
evidence given by the insolvent, his wife and son, with re-
spect to the chandler's shop. The poor woman, on the
former occasion, famed away is court. With regard to
the disposal of a phaeton, the insolvent gave it to his sister,
the widow of a Mr. Hill, who had, he said, purchased it
two years before his death, bat she knew nothing of *the

circumstance.
The court wu of op:nion that it wu a ooncoctad affair
from beginning to end, and dismissed the petition.