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and then the ennapiretore proceed to a solicitor Apostle. The agent 'Air. the Yorkshire ere. diinrs
(.one respectable 111314 in order In elude auspi. went to Little St. Thomas the Apostle, but ~
eine), who• is directed to rue out u commiesiun of
,'Mr. Hodgettise could be found there. Ile did
bankruptcy. When the creditors meet, the you. ! indeed discover a paltry little ahoy, where Show,
*Orators tyke rare to IlusouGulure NHS sufficient who had suffered judgment by default, nfir
to overwlietfli the hene.freie debt*. and the rouse- ' sided, and be teemed that,Vee petitioning creditor,
quence is, that th-y claim mid exescise the right of llorigetts, acted as his poi's.... It is nut nolikely
appoiiiting the essiverea. 'Die property is then , that they performed muter end man, in turn. like
either sleeted lamovo them all, or it is spoor- Archer and Aimee !in the play—." You %hall lie
tio .rd to pa. ticider 11011(10 ils—e tttle bring re- master at Lichfield. mind I will take that situation at
served, in ouster to esishle the bankrupt to begin i Northampton." 1 died certainly be able to 'hew,
age'''. Meek. G -eit honest-11w tegeilier.ty of the that this warehouse., as it was called, win never strode
*poem. Each actor in the Court. Isee his prior. A use of except lot the reception of articka that we eel.
petitioning creiliter cim lie procsired for 101.—nn eluded in and out with si 'nos? etispicione repidov.
1 borigure for 10/.—he who oeueves se cousiderable Another of those •credirers reeled himself a flew .
1 debt under the c 1111 l tiii•sieut receives el—the man factor. The tiger& went to Vaeithall to seek InV
• who proves a minor debt 11.—and every. sodividual hint; and there lie found this Auttr.fictor in a little
who big°s the rertifirale. receives 1/. Ti, perform shop. containing about a dozen quarters, loaves.
1 these salmons duties, inns like the Defendants Mr. Brown went under the denorniention of a ties-
-1 may be hired any day iii the ciuy of feniulum, while i her-merchant, and displayed a brasitiftallyeeneraved
the bona fide eredituite are de.poiled of their pro- card, bearing the iteteription. " Jerrie* Brie i.
petty. In this case. C.'lltlettletl, the supposed I carpenter and builder, Old Ford Wharf, Old Ford."
bankrupt is Mr. J. Smith. formerly a clothier. of This was till • fallacy ; there was no such thing.
i Holinfirtli, no Yur:ol9e. The yriti, 1816 and 1817 lii slmrt, the agent searched far all the pauses wok
! were extremely trying. let ill matinfecturees, but par- I toted success—not • mean of them was to be' l.,tpial.
: lietharly these who were tmili-iell to their capital— j The aeo, heard, indeed. that two Gr three of throe
, awl, iii the autumn of tale, Mr. S tittli was obliged haul lived in the pieces desciihed by then,. hoe Cuee
to Mine up te Lotelmi, pertly en acceent of err- c
had 1
eeerrewd for debt Wog helots.. Tic ages:
i tarn bills of exclosege that were dishonoured, end acquainted his correspondents is Yorkshire semis
! partly fcr the porriense tf iliaposieg of some cloth, i these circurnatences. and prep oretioni we're made
lin order to etielble lens to get out of his difE cutting. to oppme the conspirator., at the third iiiretnie.
A creditor in Loriellei attached the cl:lth, and thus But. before it arrived. the plan was pesferisui,
; got the pr.feressee of the oilier orrilitors. At thin l the mock *soignee' hevirig berme appeiiiiret. Nit.
time .Ir. Smith, soot loilog a solo of delicate habits, I Assignee Brown went immediately to Voikshiic.
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! 'floor,., at a etililie.lirisrae, where he met with the sod pot up to isle all the goods of Smith. Tie b
, Defendant, Firth. Saiiile, who down to this hour. t were purchased by the bankrupt's son, who pent lug
had borne nu irreproachable character, began to them by hills the: were never taken up—see the
i discourse with Firth on the situation of his affairs. bankrupt's bona fide creditors, never received a
Firth, who was sin strasiger to the manufacturing shilling. They were, however, (letertniiitil to fur.
fraudulent commissi 111 l s. told him that nothing thee' the end. of public joatice, aldiseugh et aueit.
I mild be of service to hien, except a commission of pellet. ',lntrust, us large in s 111111 l lit as their stria., Heel,
1 bankruptcy—and, nut unfolding hie scheme at once, therefore, they bud instituted tibia prrewrivion. At
but dibchising it Icy ilrgrres, her tinnily procured the the third nseetisig, the agent of the l'os k•liire vie..
i consent of Smith to his plan. De told his victim, that ditcra informed Mr. Assignee Iledgett% tl,:it lie
jhe would field a petitiossing creditor. assignees, and wished to have stone expiation 1111 l on a eieste‘y of
1 every agent necessary to carry on the fraud. l'he poilits. ' You rely,' observed hr, • that %fill Hie
' first point was. to procure a petiii 111 l ing creditor— n eeteineleemen and reside in Little Se 'Ehottere
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and • person of the waffle Or LuptonWits applied the Apostle—wherealmists is 3 mar hoti-e ilii ,e ?'
to, who immediately relused to have aisy thing to —' o,' answered Horleetis, •at No. I.'—' WI v,'
Ido with the husitirool. This individual 1 will call rejoined the agent, ' that is Mr. Shaw'..'—' We
Ito confirm the teat' yof Smith. Such confirms- are pertiters,' continued Iletleetts. Ile was,
Idon you will perceive, Gentienneo, is necessary— however. immediately contorted with the permit
because Smith comes betore you stained with a to whom the house belonged, sued he was l„peee re-
-1 particembott in that guilt, which Firth originally cognised to be Mr. Shaw'. porter. Nfe teeureed
protested. Smith, however, liar been brought to a 'Friesitl. Mr. Puller, attended seyorel tn.-elm:0 Of
sense of what is aloe to Isis creditors, and he has j Stnith's creditors, end, at leeigeli succeed. d in
I developed the whole.selitorie. After this 'refusal, it eliciting thin truth of the etre, as it will be tine
l was settled that Mr. Hodgetts, another of the day detailed is, evidence. 1 willsell the sispecemd
Defendants, should act the inert of petitioning 'bankrupt Sundt before you—lent. as I berme- mat
creditor—and I beg the Jury to mark the ed, I will abundantly confirm his testimony. First.
i sort of salvo for the conscience to which indivi. as to nudged.' debt, which is said to have liresi she
duals sometimes have recourse when they are fully value of a sack of fine Saxon wool, when he
sensible that they are punning 14 career of vice. If was quretioned on the ruhject, he rand, the bar-
a fictitioue bill uf exchange is to he drawn, the per.. gain had been concluded at It public-honer, stud
sots who is to prove it, under the commission. as en- that the wool was sent by a poster to the Hodder'.
dorsee, is not to he present in the room, while it is field waggon. We have made inquire, set all the
forming, lest he could not readily answer the gum. Huddersfield offices, mid no such thing had er.
those which might chance to be put to him, on his rived at shy of them—tied Smith's oppreistic
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examination—hut he took care to be in the adjoin- would skew. that no such wool was received et
ing room. Thus if he were asked. at the medium; ' Holmfirth. Lupton was applied to, to draw a hill
of creditors ' Were you, Sir. present, when this for 100/.; • fact which be will this day prove. But
bill was drawn ?' The answer was i No, Sir"—• I have other evidence—evidence of so marmot
which was true—hut then he was in the next rem, oature, because it to under the hand of (HIV of the
and was perfectly mime-met with the whole transom- Indies, The last meeting of creditors was sp.
lion. In this instancy, the note, in consequence of pointed for the end of December; but, in come.
holding which Mr. Hodgetis wee made petitioning queetce of the itiquiriei that were set on foot, it was
Creditor. was said to hillst been given for ' goods adjourned. Brown, on the ed of February. 1!slo.
sold'—narnely, for • peel( of fine Saxon wool, alluding to those inquiries, wrote to the bankrupt's
Should some inquisitive creditor ask how the trans- wife in these terms :
action tool piece? ' Oh!' says Hodgetts. ' 1 " Mr.. Smith-1 saw your letter to Mr. Smith, and sin
sold the wool by rumple, ut such a public-house r-- simprisrul Ai its contents, 1 bee of you not to mold idle
' Pray who wits present is-'—' Mr. A. B. or C. was reports--:eke no notice of ili.m. The Hwdder.fie:ll room
•re completely beat, and. every thiiK is goiort on as well se
preeetit —and said it was tine wool, and worth the -
it can, under all the areum.taores. I am sorry to hear
money ;' end a lock of wool, procured for the your win is not ening on well; telt him I have the rower to
occasion, was . liatcly exhibited, by way compel him, and will exert it. He mast send tip some
of sample. Agent. can you imagine, Gentle- money—for we cannot do unless Mr. Smith hint Innoty to
men, how fictitious debt. as if for money lent,
is pay his people here, to get his certificate signed. von may
a
rest steadied that tio ether sale shall take place; but do not
trumped up. Thus it is in the present case. A I forget to send more money."
51. a 2/. and a If. note are pioduced. Mr. Hod-
" This," said Mr. Gurney, " is a direct aihnise
grits heeds these crier to Mr. Smith—the latter
Sion of what was going on iii London. First, and
give.' them to another confederate, who returns them
middle, and late, the cry wits for money. ' Put
to Deedgetts—aud he aeons pae..euts them to Smith,
money in they purse,' as logo says. I will bring
The twit...eine notes, by thee ingeniour contrivance,
home the facts to every rune of these Difeedents.
were mete to answer to a In en of 771. All things
1 will chew you what they were from first to last....
beieg premed, the tE.stie. Geoid their way to Mr.
I will prove their miserable 'intuition—and demon.
Pullet'. a highly respectable attorney in this city.
strate that they could not have been creditors of
to ahem 1 would ant he doing; common justice it I
Smith for any sum whatever. I will prove that
del Hot state, that lir had tint the remotest idea that
they never had any dealing wish him—and, wisest
be was employed to site cut a fraudulent commis-
you see them ',roving bills fur 501. and too/. you
1:1011. 'Elie p etitionleg creditor's debt wits sworn
must suppose them to be the conspirators who coo-
t% Stuith surrendered, sod received his protection
trived this ilifiamous plan. I have 'sturdier cen.firina-
sit the Mot meeting. The cominission was sued
lion out of their own a 11111 l ths. When men are taken
out on the lof November, 1817, and the
up they sometimes talk a little. and let out a few
first public meeting of creation was on the 20th,
of their secrets. This seek the case here. Those
At the first sarong revere' of these Defend•
Patti", when •Plne
ants, Hodgette, James lbown, mid others, proved llendetts ifinigillnlli flirt they
deeply learned in the law of couplet hey, fan.
their fictitious debts. They were elated with the were
tied they must escape. •0 !' said now, " they
success of their plan, and. when the meeting wit lave made a blunder in the indictee-tit. They
over. they lead a ti. rat the Ho as
rns public-house,
have charged us with • conspiracy to our not a ifitt•
in Hand-court. Thutnestreet. They here learned
dulent commission—why you know I lead toottnog
from Sinith the mie-nuet of his debts. Which was
to do with the business till alter the commisniou was
soinewhete about 1,300/. and they manufactured
sued out.' Another observed, • You Lemma wove
notes below! that stem, to prevent the chance of an
an overt act spinet me in London ;' mid a third
adverse ammeee ben* appointed. I must here ob.
serve. that a gentlemait attended the meeting at declared. 4No person knows where 1 euueliwwd the
Guildhall, ou the part of the bona fide creditors stamps.' I do not want these admisvions tie stip-
iu Yorkshires and be, with another respeteable Po." my cuse' It is sufficient for me 19 "'" tile
itolibiduals applied Id he emiguess. It struck this abject tend miserable state of poverty in which they
Gentleman. mid alio Mr. Pullen', es very r
ages
were, when they proved the different tlehts.• Th it
nary, that Smith kept 'Aloof front the agent of his alone would skew that they were meting (means
Yorkshire creditor% and associated only with thaw lent[ —and, if so, the Jury must comet them -..e
permute who proved bills of exchange, itad who Perjured men'"
were very mean-leaking fellows. Oct the following Mr. John Pulleh. Solicitor, deposed that Ilse
day thisbantleman went to Mr. Pullen, end meted bankrupt carne to him. on the Seth of °avert.
for a list of the proofs. which was immediately 1817, fo consislt on the state of his affairs. 'flue
granted. The conspirators. however, took care, bulk of his property had he raid been stenciled by
that the two Gentlemen to whom I have alluded I a Mr. Ryder, s merchant in Loudon, Neil mimeos
should not be ehosett as essigeoes, they pitched told him the best thing he could do *um. to 111111111
Upon Meanie. Hodge'''. grown. and Sherwood; bail sous to pet rid of the atiochment—but. it' he
The agent for the creditors in Yorkshire haring could toot do that. then his only alternative was. to
procured the list of proofs. proceeded to leek after Mee e docket Mock against hien. Abase • week
these worthy Geotlemew. who hod proved bile of laseeenteds he called Mewl. ape' mid be had ren".l., "
exchange to a considerable aesemet, solar ISIS Waged with his crediterrettwetif.
_,,_____whgaw "ski
.tit
nine' 111 l . Hodgetta a debt of Ira Brews 10111. "t40"0". Ow the 611"u..b.' I.'grill •h. 'l7le"
rereermsterl Mewl( to bre • ~Mae
Sherwood 961. with • lees be
of et .0101,10. le
apitke or Ilseltb's sillatra, and witness advises' s ems.
proving a .tabs wider a eauterbeirw of beekesptey,
wittilat't"we"l"be
ie. tlmthwar.•Htudevehlt PtYstasedakeil dlialikiamorbe Its:ebeliet ' Lidiai. 61.71,,,...7....,—.1,1-,•iww46lll.l2ll"cireredilstteer:sesirbeuetotoo.wak,ALittrt.tiotitse. was
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warebewasetee. residiet is Little St. Themes ski