The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-15 00:00:00

MAWsION-Housn.--The boy of 9 years old, who
was• examined for purloining 141. was.again brought
up, attended by the .61d..Lady, .his godmother, and
a .Viiterinan-, 'named lioOkiris, the person . to 'Whom
the boy.alledged, in -his first, examination, he-had
given the 51. note for his 'conveyance to
,Mackwall
and back to Hungerford, and received only eleven
shillings in change. The-boy 'was again interro-
gated, and repeated accurately the same particulars,
he had told the preceding day,
,with this 'difference,
that the waterway hac . landed him at Old Swah-
stairs on his way down; when he gaVe him the note
to gerchange, and pay hii'farefor the day ; he said
the waterman went into a'public-house,.. he did not
know what Sign', and received the change from the
man at the bar, and then came out and gave'him
eleven shillings.
The Waterman, in his defence, positively denied
his having seen any note with the-boY ; who, he
said, told him, when he came to ask for a boat at
Hinigerford,.that his father was a Gentleman, and
Captain of a ship,- had-given hiin money to take a
day's pleasure on the water, and said,- if 'he wtas at
home by ten at night it would be time• enough ;
-that the boy had paid-him his fare in a seven shil-
ling piece on ihe way down, and that this was all
'the moi,e,) he had seen with him. i
Another waterman, named Martin, Who said be
was also Deputy-foreman to the Royal-Exchange
Fire Insurance Company, stated, he was the'person
on the look-out at' the stairs when the- boy came to
take the boat, and brough him to Boakins, whO was
first oars. That he saw the boy again on Monday
-evening, when he came with-the old Lady to Wa-
terwan's Hall, in search of Boakins, and yecolleeled
him. That there was some Conversation then amongst
the -A. ,atermen then) 'about, a five potind note; hilt
that .he.; heard the bOy, -on being confronted with
13oakins, acknowledge that he had paid him with a
seven-shilling Itiece,4nd nothing else; when the old
Lady endeavoured 'to take the boy away; and keep
bins silent : but• some young man present 'Said he.
knew the old Lady well ;' that her residence Was in
Lisle-strcA; and he Wduld soon silenee her before a
Magi,trate; upon which she went off,
The boy, after a very close investigation touch-
in:,; his knowledge of the nature of, an oath, and an
ii:2pre4'siveadmonition from the LORD MAYOR to tell
the Trtith, was sworn, and positively contradiaed
both ll;iakins and Martin. ' .
The Loan MAYOR then sent Tipper, an Officer
of Police, with the boy and, BOakins, to try if the.
former could find readily' the house, and.khow the.
person again whoth he alledged to have Changed
the note for Buakini ; and after some time they
again returned, when. Tipper said the boy was Cor-
rea, and immediately pointed out the Old Swan
public-house, Swan-stairs, and also the landlord, as
the person who.gave the change of the. dote ; but
be added, what seethed rather ' extraordinary, that
.il I iri in, who gay.e evidence for Boaki its, whoa) -he
had left, behind -„in the Office, was there before
theni; and that there ' was a crowd of above ..‘jo- \Va.'
terrnen about the door conversing about the busi-
ness. .. He had .brought' with' him Bltieden, . the
master of the public-house, who swore' be bad dot
seen. Boakins At all on:Saturday, nor changed any
five pound note. ,
The LORD MAYOR expressed strong regret that
he was not able to bring home this charge tbßoakins
by legal proofs, hotwitbstandin,,,, the eircurnstances-of
guilt that were traceable throtigh every vestige of the
business, He gave to Martin the severest reprehen-
sion for'the hbvious dishonesty of his condha, in go-
ing to Prepare therkeeper of the Swan public-house
for the visit of the Officer, and thereby defeating the
ends of justice. The parties were then distnisk.d.'
Joseph Westcat, alias Williams, was again exan! in-
ed before the Lotto MAYOR, ,cbarged,vlth uttering
a forged draft for !Loh:drawn on the banking-house
'of Bond and Co. 'Change-alley, Cornbill, Dricl.pur-
purtirni, to be drawn and signed by a Gentleman who
leeps cash in that house. . It appeared from the,o7i,
deuce, 'that the'lPi-isoner called at Seagoe's Coffee-
hOnse,' I-Idllirn;bii 'Friday, last, and tole Mr. Bond,
the landlOrdAtxtie('Eted a porter to call with a let- •
ter.for'hihi."-ghoii'Vfier,,ii pOrter did call, with
.a let-;
ter diretted'''t'&:3:"V,MitiainS,
,Nvhich
,the;Yrisoner 're- •
ceiVed,:andli;Pe'fricliil it a draft for.) of to the por
ter to get cash fBf:::Yfliesi,.the draft was presented,:
it. Wr,s discoVered tO, be a' fOrgery, and stopped, .and
the porter was told to go./back:-to,the person, lie had
it from, and that they would follow him. On the
vter's return to the Coffee-house, he found /he:
'Prisoner. . Oh his informing him that the draft'had
,-I:l‘,..o2pcd,he,attempted to make his escape, but
Dt.Wlf4 Ali: Coffee-house, and searched,.
4.!P'-' -'7.": - . -‘"*. Th., t' -porter to him
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EK-PAIITE BENBOW AND BOULTBEE, IN THE•34ATTER
• OF LEO, A BANKEUTT. 1
This was i Petition by two of the. Creditors oflthe
Bankinpt, praying the LAD CHANCELLOR to dire& the
Coininissioners to inquire and examine intd the vali-
dity or invalidity of the Petitioning Creditor's debt,
and 'in ease. it should prove valid, and be established
as a good Petitioning •• Creditor's debt, and sufficient
to authonte him to sue out a Commission, .that then
his Lordship Might,direa proper Assignees to be ap-
pointed.
Mr. COOKE, for the Petitioners, stated,, that Leo
having 'committed an Ad ofliankruptey, the Peti-
tioning Creditor in' question took out a Commissibn
of Bankruptcy against him,: and two per,sons of the
names of Peachy and Myers, were appointed Assig-
nees. He further stated, that' t had also 'appeared;
that the Bankrupt had obtained his certificate frau-
dulently, -a 'person of the name of Robinson' having
been procured., and being a creditor; was induced to
put his signature to it, in consideration of a sum of
.121. given him, for that purpose. The AsSigneeS
themselves were persons in a Very low situAion_ in
life,. the one (Peachy) being now a.prisbner in tle
Fleet, for a debt of only 401. and.the other (Myers)
'was .gone abroad, but, beime he went,' held t he situ-
ation of Clerk in his brothel's house, and Hired up
'two pair of stairs. . . •
LORD CHANCELLOR.--a Why, Mr. Cooke; I
believe there isnothing very critninal in a Man's liv-
ing pp two pair of stairs. I take it for granted, that
When the Creditors chose him to, be -Assignee, they
knew where he. lived."
Mr. COOKE, after a few . other observations in
stipport of his application; - adverted to , the 'case of
Joseph, a' Bankrupt; wherein an order was made
by Lord. Eldon, to the et-feel prayed, on similar
aroundS;
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on the other hand,
contended; that the Celia 'never 'could- 'grant such
an application as the present, when the parties com-
plaining had themselVes proved their debtS under
.the Commission of ;Bankruptcy, but - much more
'particularly, where they had previously' Offered -to
compromise the matter; is h&c-OW& shew in this
Case. The 'Learned CounSel then' referred to
t' passao-e in One,of ,the Affidavits, in which it appear-
ed that the PetitionerS had gone to the Fleet-Prison,.
where the 'Bankrupt was confined, and offered to
settle the matter, hut the Bankrupt did not seem
inclined to acquieSee ; and as they Went away, one'
of' them (Boultbee) observed, that whenever the
-Bankrupt sent for him, he would come ; but if, he
would not settle it, he said,'he'should keep hini in,
prison all the days of his life. The Learued-Coun-
sel then, in continuance, observed, that. Myers, the
Assignee,: was a foreign
,merchant, and the Bank-!
rupt. was also a foreioner, and the great objecit of
Myers's going abrOad7WaS to co4e6t the Bankrupt's
debts,. . •
Mr: TiromrsciN appeared on. the part of the As,
si-guecs.—lie said he did not mean to oppose ti,e
application, if his Lordship should think it 4ueli a one
as. he could entertain.
. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he did
not like-'Assignees to be in a, situation where they
appeared •to be doing nothing for the advantage
ot the Estate. He did not mean to de any thing
in order to
,set aside the
_Commission, 'but directed
that that Mr. Peachy should be removed from the .As-
signeeship, and- some other creditor_ appeinted in
his place.
. .
Es parte LIKE, in the matter of his own Bankruptcy.
This was a-Petition of the Hankrupt, prayingthat
a nel.V.a6tion at: law should be" tried,; respeofing the
validity of the Bankrupt's trading.
Mr. PERCIVAL, in support 'of the Petition, stated
that the-Petitioner was a very . infirm and blind old
man, who had -formerly been plaisterer, 'but had
-retired from ,busitiess, and, afterwards became con-
cerned in the purchase of some lots of houses, con-
jointly witletwo persons of the names of Emery and.
'Harvey. To these persons he became indebted, and
they sued out a Commiision of Bankruptcy against
him, One Of whom. being,thePetitioning Creditor.
The proof of the trading before the ConaMissidners
was supported by one' Witness, of the name of
•Simmons, who stated that•the Bankrupt had bought
a quantity 'of old building 'materials for repairing
some of his houses, an afterwards sold a part, which
he could' not make use 'of: His property was then
seized upon; and hirnself thrown; into the Fleet Pri-
;son', where his only support. was: the ordinary Gaol
allowance ;. his' poverty being so great he was
'wholly unable to support himself otherwise ;
1" less was, he:able tolo • to the -e-xpence of
,applying to
it-,the- Court to supersede his Commission': •Peii-

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