The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YESTEHDAT.
Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.
Tfl E JEWELLERY TRADE.—J. Turner, an extensive
jeweller on Ludgate-hill, applied for his certificate. His
debts are about :5,004., and the assets are stated at 3,0001.
—Mr. Duncan said he appeared to oppose, but the bankrupt
was not like those which frequently come before this court,
inasmuch as them were considerable assets, bit Mr. Turner
had not acted in a tradesmanlike manner, and he (Mr.
Duncan) wished ask him a few questions. The bankrupt
was then examined at great length by Mr. Duncan, in the
course of which it appeared that he had been guilty of un-
warrantable expense and vexatious defence to an action
brought by Mr. Duncan's clients, and put them to addi-
tional expense.—One solicitor appeared for the assignees and
the bankrupt. His Honour said : This case does certainly
present itself in • different form to those generally which
come before the court, and I am pleased to give the bank-
rupt the advantage of the favourable argument which has
been used upon his behalf; but there are certainly two
points against him. One is vexatiously defending the action,
the other that his personal expenses were not justifiable. He
was pressed by his creditors, and it was as well to have
come to this court as to have defended the action. The in-
tention of the statute in allowing • person to make
himself a bankrupt, and at • very little expense, was not for
the purpose of " white-wash " after disposing of his pro-
perty. I have often expressed my intention of having this
circumstance made publicly known. The intention of this
statute was, that where a man was in danger of being " torn"
by his creditors, or accruing further loss, or involving deeper
and deeper into loss, or getting deeper and deeper into ac-
commodation transactions, and such like things, to give such
a person an oppsrtunity of corning to this court immediately.
It is the duty of every trader to do so, when he finds himself
in a state of hopeless insolvency, which was evident in the
present case, the bankrupt not being able to pay a small
debt of 26/. and then vexatiously defending an action. Taking
the particular circumstance, that there was a large mass of
consenting creditors, who under the old law had the power
of granting the certificate, into consideration, I must, as •
warning, punish the bankrupt upon the two points before
stated, and therefore the certificate must be suspended for
two months.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—YEsTERDAT.

OLD COURT.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the
Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Erle
(who took their seats on the Bench for the first time), and
Sir Cl. Carroll, the Lord Mayor Elect, opened the Court this
day in State, attended by the ,Sheriffs, the Under-Sheriffs,
and other civic officers. The second edition of the " Calen-
dar," which was issued this morning, contained no less than
223 names, being 41 more than those contained in the first
edition.

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SENDING THIMATENING LETTERB.—J. Newbury, aged
24, described as a groom, who was remanded from last ses-
sion, was charged with sending a threatening letter to Mr.
Protheroe, M. P., to extort money.—Mr. Bodkin stated the
case to the jury. The prosecutor is a gentleman of good
family and extensive connexions, and member of parliament
for the borough of Halifax. During the parliamentary
session of 1845, being a bachelor, he resided In fur-
nished apartments in John-street, Berkeley-square ;
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