The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-28 00:00:00

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INSOLPRNT DEBTORS. •
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SURREY AWOURNEU SESSIONS, Aus.l7.
Before Wu. Opast.ow, Esq. Chairman ; Lord
de AsTLty, end a numerous Bench of Justices
of the Peace for the county of Surrey.
The investigation for •he dist harp. of Insolvent
Debtors from the King's Bench Prison, under the
late aft, was this day again resumed, when near Lucy
persons were discharged.
Among those who were opposed, were—
Angus Macphie, formetiv a merchant. Mr.
Laws, on behalf of the Creditor, Mr. Jameson, stat-
ed, that the Prisoner was indebted to bim in upwards
of 1001. and the case was referred to the arbitration
of .dr. Pooley, a very respeftable Barrister, and the
result was, that he awarded a sum 0f.5221. to he paid
to 'sir. Jameson upon some bills of exchange, in the
monih of May, 1804. About thi; period, the Legis-
lature had it in contempi ition to pass an Insolvent
Aft; and the Prisoner voluntarily surrendered him-
self in dischage of hdt bail; but unfortunately for
him, Lord Eldon made some alterations in this Aft,
and it only extended to those confined previous to
the Ilt of January, 1804 ; so that the Prisoner lost
his opportunity at that time, and now sought his dis-
charp* under the present Aft. But he (Mr. Laws)
should slww, under the 42.1 Clause, the Prisoner

ova. IRA an ohjed of that AEL
rile Prisoner having a propetty of 7001. in the
Oe+r per craft. Reduced Consols, in ender to de-
fraud air creditors, asaigned them in trust to a Mr.
Wil :am SAcawell, who dying, the Prisoner, tor the
puoi.ce y of the thing, advertised for his heirs or
re,neaentatives, in order to give a colour to the
,41164a14.1 ; asserting, that tne Bank would not
iriOes over this stock but to the person so entitled.
ex,tedient, the Learned Counsel continued, 1101
Answering the purpose, the nett the Prisoner re-
s..rted to was, to have himself made a bankrupt ;
and although he did not owe 1001. to any one but
Jameson, the petitioning creditor, of the name
of B—, proved • carpenter's bill for
1251. Phis creditor was soon afterwards a prisoner
in the' Fleet, charged with great aft of frAnd.-
I'ne next creditor was' one U—, who proved a
rent us 1001. and then became a ba..krupt. The
next, a Mr. H—, tor 500 i. but he was not visible;
sad the next were Messrs. H—, G—, and Co:
for 94rit. tOs. who were also bankrupts, and had
fled. in short, only five creditors proved under
the Commission, all of whom had eat .er become

bankrupts, iasolVents, or had run away.
A Petition was presented to Lord Eldon. stating
these circumstances, and his Lordship referred is
back to the Commissioners for their investigation ;
but nothing snore was done under the commission ;
and the Prisoner, through the intervention of the
present ad, sought his liberation. He contended,
that the whole transaction was founded in fraud And
fabrication; and, therefore, did nut some wiu.in
the meaning of the A& He further objeted to the
Prwoner's schedule, as not setting torth 11149 sum so
invested in the S per tents. now in the dank.
The Prisoner being examined, stated that he had
been a trader in most parts of the world for several
years, in buying and telling, receiving aad paying ;
•his chief dealings were in Aida, where, on an
average, he turned between 10 and 15,0001 per
year; Ise waded in all sorts of mien:iodise, in sta-
rt sus parts of Asia, along the Malabar Coast, to
Ceyl. n, Columbia, &c. tit.. and returned to this cotm•
try about the year DSOS, but had dome very little
business since.
Mr. Alescider Turnbull, a Student of Lincoln's-
Inn, being clammed, deposed, that he was present
at a coilversat un between the PI ironer and Ng.
Jameson, when the former admitted he had such a
sum in Bank.
Mr. LAWS intimated, that he had expeted other
witnesses to the fats he had stated ; but, from some
circumstances, they did not . attend. His client,
Mr. Jameson, was now in prison, at the suit of the
Prisoner, and he was to have been brought up by
Habeas Corpus.
l'he Learned Chairman considered, that there
was not sufficient proof to attach fraud upon the
Prouner ; but directed him to be remanded far a
detective schedule.
Edmund Paddon was also oppas-d by Mr. Laws,
on toe grounds of a defedive schedule; obtaining
goods under false pretences ; and further, upon the
49th clause of the Ad, for removing his effets
from his dwelling-house by night, in order to evade
the payment of his rent, being upwards oi SOL
It appeared in evidence, that a Mr. Skidamore
had sold a quantity of combs, broaches. and other
fancy articles, to the Prisoner, and suspecting his
integrity, he went with John 'lron and William
Wood, two of the Police Otlizers belonging to Hat-
ton Gat den, to the house of the Defendant its St.
Mary Axe, when they found all the furniture packed
up, As it for removal ; and among other things, dis-
covered a quantity of new guns, towlingpieces, &e.
ready for sale ; also a quantity of piper, jewellery,
&c. kc. which were afterwards claimed by several
people as their property. 'loess Officers also fur-
ther stated, that they knew use Prisoner to be an
arrant swindler.
It turned out, however, that in all these trans-
adions, the Prisoner never appeared in person, but
that one,S—, who bad since Bed, was the resimite
sible person, through sirSoris these transitions took
place. It aim appeared, that his rent had been
paid up to the (loaner day. The Learned Chair-
man was therefore of opinion, that there was not
any evidence to bring home the fraud to the Pri
soner diretly, so as to remand him upon those
grounds, but as k appeared that he had nut set filth
in his schedule SOM.! property he had An interest in,
he should be remanded for a deiedive schedule.

OrernAll, the man who some time since es-
caped from a pace-offizer, to whose custody he hat
been committed, on a charge of itArVing 111{ wile.
at Lewes. was lan week apprehended at liors .am,
an•l condulted to Lewes. where he uti Ndlturdiy un-
derwent an examination before a Sittiog of %layl--
traces, assembled for :hat purpose. Atter as. oit
bearing, he was committed to :he House of Curiec-
non. to give time for the attendance of
*has.. evscicts:e was takes before the inquest that sat
on the body his deceased wife, and whom he
wished to have an Jii-ortanity of confronting, be-
nefit their Worships. The Cnroner's Verdia having
acquitteJ him of the capi:...l chari,e, he is to be in-
(bard ler a &sada:manor,