The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-11 00:00:00

Lab) intellignut.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.--Szrr. 10.
(Before Mr. Coonairioner Fane.)
IN 1E T 1103411 HUTCHINGS.

Thia was the certificate meeting in the case 0( the bank-
rupt, who was a oontractor, carrying on bulimia in Adam-
street, hdelphi.
Mr. Bagley appeared for the sadism ; sad Mr. Cook for
the
Mt!rtig mid the bankrupt had fined before—namely,
in 1868, when he owed hla creditors 100,0001., and paid a
dividend of Si. t3d. in the pound. It was, however, proper to
state that he then obtained a finet-class certificate. He than
entered into a partnership with Mr. Willott, which termi-
nated on the Slat December, 1866, at which bate the premed
accounts commenced. Freon the balance-sheet it appeared

that he wee them dilatant 11,0001.
The
died ? Catentitiontr—Does that appear in the I:4lsace-

Mr. Bagley—Not in the ordinary way, bat in salwianos.
On looking at the bankropes proceeding., it was lona that
immediately before the (Immolation of the partnership time
were some trenseetkea of a most improper character. Or
was with respect to a Mrs. Williams. hamsrred that the
bankrupt borrowed I,OOOJ. of Mrs. Will ring her certain
plant as security, upon an agreement that the nee of the
plant the bankrupt shield pay Mn. Williams a yearly rent
of 2001. This agreement wr gliderlid into with the bank-
rupt himself, who awkrtook as Ws part not to dispose of
the plant without Mn. Wmiserf a eoseent. It DM appeared
that It had bean disposed rib, the bankrupt towns& parsons
without Mrs. Williams'.ocewent

The Comer Belmar—Do gen reprising lire. Wilms f
Mr. Bagley—No • but Hie. Willisma has owns to the
W ignees. Tits benicrupt's flake wee married to Mr. Sim-
one:ids, an aoccontant. Kr. &monde wee bankrupt in
1865. Hatchings purchased Kr. eimacendoe furniture and
removed it to the Pantechnicon. Ikon afeerwarde be made e
present of this furniture to Kr. filmenande wife. It wee said
that he had paid Simmonds kr it, but tirre wee nothing in
the books to vouch the trancootime.

The Commissioner—Who complain, d thls
Mr. Bagley replied the assignees, booms Mr. Bimmands
wee now a creditor. If the formica» had not been a gift to
Mrs. Blmmoods, Mr. Msamonds might now be a debtor In-
stead of a creditor.

TheContJarfiese—lt
~.2mt to be the caws of one
bankrupt helping another
Mr. Bagley thought that e7sa We" cam. He resessiad to
refer to the fact of the bankrupt ha been i:
diLenger3sa
accommodation bill transeotiona with Mr.
runty to • poison's own enter was COGUNladiabis; but the
complaint of the smigness was that the bealtnipt was not in
a position to be generous. The alleged paroling the fur-
niture took place after the dreg benbreptcy.
The Commissioner—What was the value of Kra. Wil-
liams's:ut ?
/I r. Begley was tumble to Inform the court, but the plant
wee ty for 1,0001. The bankrupt bad an unwanted
sister who bad always lived with him. This sister had ban
made the cover of many transactions of a queutionable nature.
Lend had been pinhead in her name, the bankrupt paying
the purchase-money. The sister, who had given her evidence
with much simplicity, said she had lent her name to her
brother. There were some transioticew with this lady which
it was very difficult to fathom. After the bankrupt's mar-
riage, the sister lived in the house, reosiving from the bank-
rupt amnions] presents, bat having no Mixer of her own.
It was alleged by the bankrupt that the furnitnr• belonged
to his sister, and the skier maikuisd that statement. It
M4sfupon ianntigation that the furniture had been sold,
ia portlon of the proceeds had be traced to the
Timm Ittimmiesioner—lt is a easy to shift property as It is
to shift • hat.

Yr. it* proceeded to state that although the
owed 30, ~ the available mete were o&y 60W. Vo krill
ILI months cees the baakroptey no entries had been
nude In the

Mr. Cook Mid the materiels were in existence, end in the I
hands of the bealnwpt'vos in Wales.
M
Mr.sz Cannon (dial )—The items to perked
Mr. d
ere not
rook rid the t with Mrs. WMiams was
really betwwin lb. Witlott, the beakropt, and Mrs. Wil-
liston,. If there had been say Meech of the contract, which
he did not admit, Mr. Palma was not the person to com-
plain. Borne of the stock had only been exchanged. The
could not impeach the transaction as to the sale of
the tare.

TituTdoaunissicee said there were difficulties in the cam,
sad then were circumstances of a suspicions nature with ra-
ped to the furniture transactions, and those in the later"'
name. Upon the whole, however, he did not think he mold
refuse to grant the bankrupts oartilksts, which would how-
ever be of the lowest elms.
Third clam certificate accordingly.