The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-07 00:00:00

'THE NATIONAL REGISTER

just discharged under the Ismslvan Act, should marry a
woassionf fortune. It was evident that neither the Imo,-
veal nor his brother had the slightest prospect of paying,
bat that their whole eroodoct was fraud and conspiracy—
Court would thei elute punish Mess to the utmost eateat
of its power, and accordingly sentateed him to two years
imprisonmeot.
Elias White, a wheelwright and clusismbuilder, was
opposed by Mr. Heath on behalf of several creditors. The
Insolvent had been sent hack at a former ezaosiaatiou to
correct an error in his balance sheet.
Mr. !teeth, o.n gibs ~cesium, contended, that the error
lead bees. &wooded, and that the Insolvent upon the face
of the balsam sheet had not accotioted for property to a
conside. odile 111111041111.
The Insolvent being examined again upon oath, stated,
that the erroneous appeorance of his balance sheet was
the effect of mistaae. He haul no plate in his possession
before he went to prison. He never bad any. There
were 111111 a dozen silver tea-spoons belooging to his
dan;ro'cr, wlokii he said she should keep. He bought a
watch firms Mr. Joseph Levy for ten pounds, and sold it
again to a person awed Williams. Mr. Le ry did not see
plate at his house, nor books. He had no bc.oks but a
Bible and Tertoment. He bought 4..0 wheel spokes of
Mr. Slielo;rake, one of his opposing creditors, and sold
them again—be did nut make touch profit by them. He
brught the spokes to sell again. When he was arrested
be load i 11, iu Book-notes lei his pocLet, and no more.
Mr. Sheldrake stated, that he sold the lintels eat 400
'Pokes. He supposed at she time he let him have them
that he wanted to curly or. ids trade, but riding out one
owning in the Curtain-rued be saw the spokes io a yard,
and the Insolvent load sold theta. White wanted 6041.
wort:o of spokes, and he would not trust him. He went
to the Insolvent at his residence is Hlackfriars road, and
made i,•qt..iy *hoot Isis debts. The It/solvent told him
he load op .iima the money arising from the sale of his (Mr.
stiriolrake) spokes to pay other creditors. He had lodged
2001. in the hands of a person whom he would not frame to
pay the creditors. The witness called the Insolvent a
rogue, and the latter said he would kick him out of the
house.

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Cross-examined by Mr. Pollock.—He admitted that he
called White a vagabond, mad told kiwi be ought to be
hanged.
Joseph Levy, a venerable Jew, aged 115 years, stated,
Outlet lb, time Co! I.onilve..t got his watch. Ise saw Irma
`M. to 401. Ow Ils of -late in his po.. -.dun, with a washer
ut valnabie books. W ;tett he sold the watch, be took some
coffee and vied o leas spoon. White told him be wont
to (image It.- ..s. e ;Or new. After be wagtail his welch
had been sold to Mr. Wi'liants, Bath-street, be went in
search of the postai, but could And no one in Math -street of
that name.
Mr. l'i.;marsh, a collector of rents, said be was present
when the 14-Advent MU arrested. The Insolvent bad 501.
or gut. is Bauk•notes in his hand.—He offered to lodge
doable the ammo. of the debt for which be was arrested in
howls nF Ide wII heft, wig, atien•led the °Aker by order of
lac cre:':.ii . provided they ~..old allow him in go cad get
mail. iw was not complied, with as ii wins considered
au irreguln. The witness was certain the Lia.
solvent load bunk-notes to the amount tbat he bud tutted.

r.. leatli contended, upon tile &timbre evidence. 'lust there
was a tatecealweet of pm eriy, which, independent of other
ci ..,,n:tarices was an esception to Mr. White's discharge.—
He had al ..0 obtoin.o spokes of Mr. Stieldrake, pretending
the, were to wok up. iintead of which they were to sell.
Mr, Pollock, nor Vie Insolvent, contended that the evi..
den. eofLe ry NHS to be looked at with suspicion. It ap.
peored th i the Jew had spoken to silver spouts and plate
itlioat knowing whether the articles be P.M were plated or
silver.

Mr. Reynolds, the Commissioner, delivering the judgment
of the Connismooeti, said, he felt considerable satisfaction
in stating in a case like this, in o hick there was conflicting
testimony, that all the Commissioaers cosiest. red is orie
"pinions multelY, that there was suificient CIIIIICACIC to citable
them to decide, that this man had concealed his property.—
The Insolvent had been esansined on parts of his property,
said to have been in his posression, and it was remarkable
that he was contradicted by three persons imcoonected with
each other. With iespeet to the evidence given by Mr.
Sheldrake, there was on reason to doubt it. They had also
the evidence of a very old mail, Levy, who gave an account
or his calling at the home of the 1 'solvent, and of the state
of his visilhe property. The Insolvent bad said all the plate
connoted of me spoons which belonged to his daughter.—
Levy said he mentioned that he would change the old plate
fur other plate, and it was impossible, when he ssid that,
' he could be speukiog of the spoons belonging to his daughter.
Tidoiaish nut only proved' he had poesession of Brink-notes,
bat they amount/din 30 or OW. Toree witnesses swore to
three diaeresit dew; iptions of property not mentioned its the
schedule. The witnesses were nct suspicious persons. and
there was enough to iirdoee the Cour: to consider it a Cube of
concealment of property, and looking at it so, the judgmen
was, that the lisiovent ought not to be d,seharged, or en-
titled to the Worth of the Aet until he bars been in custody,
at the suit of the detaining creditors, a period of twelve
months. .

The Court adjourned, to sit to morrow morning in the
Exchequer Chamber.

IVES'IWINSTER SISSIONS.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4.

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This morning the SCSSlfliel of the Peace for the Crity
and Liberty of kVestminster commenced at the Guild-
hall, bef..re Mr. Conn, the Chairman, and a full Bench
of Magistrates.