The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

IN THE-BANKRITPTCY OF THOMAS JORDAN.

• Thicbsinkrupt, who was a brick and machine maker
in Jewry-street, and at Hammersmith, came up on
the question of passing his last examination.
No balance-sheet has as yet been filed, the bankrupt
alleging, as the cause of his non-compliance, inability
to obtain his books, which a bookseller named Jones
held as a guarantee for the payment of a claim.
Several creditors in person opposed the bankrupt.
One of them stated that Jordan had not only "done
him out of his rent," but cheated him out of 501. in
the following manner :—He went to him (the cre-
ditor) at five o'clock on a Saturday evening, and
asked him to cash a cheque on a certain bank for 501.,
saying that he wanted to pay his men their week's
wages. Supposing it was all right, the creditor ad-
vanced the money; hut, as it was after banking hours,
could not get the cheque cashed on that evening.
When the cheque was presented at the bank on the
following Monday, the presenter was informed that
" Mr. Jordan had had no money there for three
weeks."

Another creditor said the bankrupt had obtained
from him a quantity of double-barrelled guns. Ile
alleged they were for the purpose of exportation to
France; but in a few days after their delivery they
found their way to the pawnshop and to the auc-
tioneer's.

The bankrupt denied both these and many other
charges, and declared that his creditors had perse-
cuted him in the most unfeeling and cruel manner.
His estate would, if well managed, pay 20s. in the
pound.
Several of the creditors exclaimed that there would
not be sixpence.
The meeting was adjourned, the Commissioner
granting protection from week to week to Jordan, so
that he might file his balance-sheet.
The certificate of a bankrupt named Nathaniel
Bawdier, who carried on the trade of victualler in
Cotton-street, Poplar, was suspended for six months.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, lan. 4.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)
IN RE JOHN FREDERICK LODER.
The insolvent, a musician, applied for his final
order, and was opposed by three creditors.
Mr. Dowse supported.
It appeared that the insolvent had, about the time
he petitioned the Court, separated from his wife, who
was a teacher of dancing, and the question was raised
whether her receipts for the Christmas quarter should
not be set forth in the schedule and accounted for to
the creditors.

His HONOUR remarked that, under the new Act,
there was a power given to the Court to examine the
wife of an insolvent, which provision did not exist
under the other Act, and he was disposed to exercise
it in this case.

The three creditors stated their complaints, and it
appeared that several debts had been omitted from the
schedule.

Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS made some observa-
tions on the carelessness of insolvents who swore to
their schedules, omitting dehts that they owed. He
was inclined to dismiss the petition ; but as a lenient
course, he would adjourn the case for a month, and
if an account was not procured from Mrs. Loder, he
should certainly compel her attendance under the Act
of Parliament.
Adjourned to the Ist of February.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

John Mitchell was brought before Alderman Moon
charged with having committed a burglary and rob-
bery in the house of Mrs Heppe], of No. 76, Corn-
hill, before twelve o'clock yesterday.
Higgins (City policeman 661) stated that he was
called into tue house to take a thief into custody, and
upon entering he found the prisoner scuffling with
some gentleman, and took him into custody. Soon
afterwards a small housebreaking instrument, called a
jemmy, and a skeleton-key, which were found in one
of the rooms above stairs, into which the prisoner had
made a forcible entrance, were handed to him. The
marks on one of the drawers, which had been broken
open and plundered, corresponded with the application

of the jemmy, and the skeleton-key had been recently
broken, a part of it being supposed to be in the lock
of the door.

John H. Millns, clerk to Mr. Clare, of Size-lane,
stated that he lived at No. 76, Cornhill, the upper
part of which was let out in chambers. At about a
quarter to twelve o'clock he had occasion to go up to
his room, which was on the third floor, and was kept,
locked. Upon reaching the door he found it open
about three or four inches, and, to his surprise, he
saw the prisoner busy at a chest of drawers. The
bottom drawer, which was the only one kept locked,
had been forced open, and close to the prisoner, on
the ground, lay a stuff gown and a satin shawl, the
property of the witness's wife, packed up in a condi-
tion to be taken away. Witness laid hold of the
prisoner, who actively eluded his grasp, and ran
down stairs. The cry of " Stop thief" in some de-
gree impeded the progress of the thief, some gentle-
men having caught hold of him on the stairs, but he
contrived to slip through their hands, and was rapidly
descending, when he fell, and was secured by the
policeman, who arrived at the critical moment. Wit-
ness found upon returning to his room the skeleton-
key and the jemmy produced. It was his impression
that the prisoner had not been in the row.: many
minutes. When he had left the room in the morning
to go to business he had locked the door and left the
key below stairs, and upon trying the key after the
detection of the prisoner, he could not turn it in this
lock, and he had no doubt the prisoner had broken the
skeleton-key in forcing the lock.
The jemmy was found to be ingeniously made, to
be used as a file as well as a lock-forcer.

The prisoner appeared to be quite unconcerned.
Alderman Moort—Prisoner, is it your wish to say
anything ? The prisoner—Why, sir, I have only to
say that I went up-stairs, but I know nothing of the
clothes or of the implements. I have nothing else
to say.

Alderman MOON—The case ,is complete ; but if it
he considered necessary to remand the prisoner in
order to ascertain whether he may not be required for
some similar instances of plunder, I shall willingly
order him to be brought up on a future day.
The depositions were then ordered to be made out,
and the prisoner was committed for trial.