The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

THE QUEEN V. GORDON.

The prisoner was indicted, with one Davidson, for
felony, in not surrendering to a fiat in bankruptcy which
had been issued against them. Upon the trial before
Mr. Justice Erle, at the Central Criminal Court, several
objections were taken and they were reserved for the
opinion of this Court, and they were argued on the 10th
inst„ when the Court gave judgment in seven of them,
but, not agreeing upon the eighth, it was ordered to be
re-argued before all the judges. This point was this :
The two bankrupts having left this country before they
were made bankrupts, their counting-house was taken
possession of by the messenger under the bankruptcy.
He left one copy of the notice of the adjudication at the
counting-house. It was urged that, as there were two
partners, it was necessary that two copies of the notice
should have been left. _ _ _

Mr. Chambers (with Mr. 0. Harrison) appeared for
the prisoner, and said the question turned upon the con-
struction of the 12th and 13th of Victoria, chap. 100.
Ho contended that there should have been served upon
each bankrupt a separate and distinct copy of the adju-
dication and a notice of the filing of the petition. Each
partner in bankruptcy was considered to be a distinct
individual.

Baron Parke said the doubt was whether each partner
was not entitled to a separate notice—whether a notice
addressed to both and left at the counting-house was
sufficient.

Mr. Chambers said the words of the statute were that
the notice should be served personally, or left at his place
of abode, or at his last known place of business. It was
clear it was not served personally ; but a paper, and one
paper alone, was left at the place of business of the two
bankrupts. That paper was to perform the part of a
summons and the part of a notice. The party was called
upon to come in and be examined, and the paper also
gave him notice that he had been adjudged bankrupt,
and on the back of this paper was a form of protectioe
from arrest. Each bankrupt had aright to a copy
_ which
be might carry in his pocket. It would not be enough
to
Mr.leave
Bramwell copy
appeared
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forof atbhoedpe
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sub-
mitted that the statute had been complied
b usin es&
leav-
ing a notice at the last known place ofn
here must be
Baron Parke said, if served personae h lace of abode it
a notice served on each ; if left at
to
each ; and if left at
must be left at the place of abboedae
notice for each.
the place of business it must.
no-
tice left at the place of bu
'ineed for a few minutes for con-
The Court having adjourn
sideration,
Mr. Bramwell dihdavn
that he was of opinion th 1 the
Lord Campbell stated
that the Leg slature intended
wag fatal, and
objection wa
ht one notice sufficient.
each person should
and Alierson and partnert abnyd only.
Barons
d Crompton agreed with L'lrd Campbell.
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accident
Worksop occurred
Railway
the .
week near
tion, en the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Railway, by which the stoker of one of the trains, named
-Wilkinson, bad his leg frightfully smashed. The poor
fellow, bleeding profusely, was conveyed from the place
of the accident on a board to the station. Application
was made to the owners of three different houses to ad-
mit him, but without success !—Doncaster Chronicle.
ME ASSASSINATION IN LEICESTERSHIRE.—John Acres
Fowkes, the young man who was shot as he sat in his
grandfather's house at Snareston, on Sunday night (is
noticed in Thursday's Sun), died of the wounds then
inflicted upon him on Thursday. An inquest will be
held on the body on Saturday (this) morning, before
Mr. J. Gregory, coroner for Leicestershire.
who Jahn
Fowkes, Fowkes, jun , an uncle of the murdered
custody, charged with the offence,has I?
"t furthere examina-
the county gaol at Leicester, to await
Von.
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