The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

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; been carrying on the practice of medicine with great I
I success, and if he had confined himself to that he
would have kept himself clear of embarrassment. The
bankrupt had passed through the usual stages, and he
had now arrived at the last stage—the application for
his certificate, by which be would be absolved from
all bygone engagements. To this application for his
certidcate there was not only no opposition by the
creditors, but it was obvious that the principal cre-
ditor, who was also the assignee, a gentleman of
the highest character and respectability, was
extremely favourable to the bankrupt. He
was of opinion that the fact of a large
body of creditors uniformly abstaining from
making opposition was strongly in the bankrupt's
favour. There was no one found among the nu-
merous persons Dr. Granville was connected with to
oppose his certificate or to gainsay the request he
now made. He (the Commissioner) must therefore
start in this case by saying that this absence of op-
position appeared to tell favourably in the bank-
rupt's favour. There was another feature in the case
which was extremely favourable to Dr. Granville,
that throughout his large dealings, and in every part
of them—for they had been very various—everything
he had done was as it were recorded, and every far-
thing of expense was vouched by certain books and
documents which the official assignee said gave a
complete and true history of all his tranzactions, his
outgoings and incomings, so that no person could
doubt the truth and accuracy of these accounts. And
he (the Commissioner) must apply to Dr. Granville
the rule applicable to all, that such a circumstance
was always very favourable to a person:,ho failed. The
great majority were without those proofs, everything
in fact bring estimated, and creditors were left to
raised accounts, as they were sometimes tilled, or
supplemental accounts, but the better term would be
accounts guessed at. No such imputation, however,
could be cast upon Dr. Granville., as, whatever were
his faults, they were transparent, which any one
might see by reading the documents. He (the Com-
missioner) could not but contemplate with regret
and pain this case, where a gentleman of talent
far above the ordinary cla,s, who if 'he had confined
himself to his profession, is which he so excelled,
wou!d have reached nearly the top of his profession,
as it appeared he was making a large income indeed;
but it had happened to him, as it too often did with
men of genius, a rage for speculation entered his
mind. Ile had thought of schemes and adventures
which it was scarcely credihhi he could have ewe- en-
tered into. First, he wanted to establish a company
called the Thames Improvement Conipeny—but he
(the Commissioner) could not vita see the connexion
of that w ith medicine—of which he said he was
manager and diremor ; he would have much better
have managed and directed his patients. The next
thing be did was to become a shareholder and direc-
tor of the Benevolent Life Insurance Company. He
then got to other speculations, and engaged in the
farming business, which he took to in 1844, and he
imputes one cause of his failure to the measure passed
for free trade in corn subsequent to his taking the
farm, which, in consequence, had reduced his
profits. These were what he specified as the
causes of his failure, but he had forgotten one
speculation. He had conceived an idea that he
could establish some sort of traffic in Seltzer water,
by which ha would obtain profit and make a large
fortune. But he did that which was certain to get
rid of a fortune—he embarked in a Caancery suit,
which was still going on, and it appeared that the
progress of that suit bad lost the creditors a very con-
siderable amount for costs expended. Whet had he to
do with Seltzer water ? Why did he not confine
himself to that pursuit in which he was excelling and
making a comfortable subsistence ? A circumstance
that was favourable to the bankrupt was this—that
upon looking at his expenditure it would be found
that it was quite within the range of his gains and
profits. He had not indulged in profuse personal ex-
penditure, but it was very small, considering his posi-
tion as a physician, as he had appearances to keep up;
and it appeared to him (the Commissioner) to have
been extremely moderate, and certainly within rather
than without the limit to be assigned to persons in his
circumstances. These circumstances bad induced
him (the Commissioner) to think he might accede to
the wish 'of the bankrupt to have an immediate
certificate, and it was not only the wish of the bank-
rupt himself, but of the gentleman who from the be-
ginning had been a firm and wailing friend to him,
and the wishes of both would be complied with. If
there had been opposition, perhaps he might have been
disposed to take another view, but there being no one
to oppose, he did not see anything to induce him to
step out of the ordinary course, and to say " No" to
what so many people wished. He should grant an
immediate certificate; the only question now re-
maining was of what class. Trig case was not to
form a precedent to others who embarked in specula-
'ions without the excuse made for Dr. Granville.
Parties who bad ample means were not to be repro.
bated if they kept within the amount of their own
funds ; but parties had no right to speculate without
the means of meeting any adverse results which
might ensue—to speculate upon the funds of other
people. The judgment of the Court was, that Dr.
Granville should receive an immediate certificate of
the second clan.
(B.;fore Mr. Commissioner PANE.)
IN RE J. /1. MAY.
The bankrupt was a draper of Camden-town. His
accounts from March, 1848, to July, 1851, shovved7—
capital, 7741, subsequently increased by a legacy of
7551. ; unsecured creditors, 6,872/. ; creditors holding
security, 974/. ; the assets are expected to realise
about 2,6001. This was the certificate meeting.
Mr. Lawrence supported, Mr. A. Turner opposed.
There was a very protracted hearing, but in conse-
quence of the Commissioner reserving his judgment
our report is deferred.
IN RE MARRIOTT.

Thebw:aacerttficate sitting.
seed merchant, of Leightcn
Buzzard.ankruThpist
wHis HONOUR granted a certificate of the third class.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
IVORTIIERN CIRCUIE—v Dec.r., .A., 19.
NISI PR lUS COU —(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
CHILD mußD,R.—Sarali Ann Hill, aged 25, was
indicted for the wilful murder of her infant male child
on the `-)Oh of October last, at Wakefield.
appeared for the
prosecution,l‘rl.°vereanndd 2,nldr. Plilcrierliinagrddyefended the prisoner.
It appeared from the statement of Vac various wit-
nesses, and from the opening of the Learned Counsel
for the prosecwiens that the prisoner was a servant
child,g irl and, o
andf thathaadabb child.oe abut four fsoer
broughtyears ago she had been de-
livered
herself
was an illegitimate
up
and taken care of
from infancy by old Mrs. Gill, the landlady of the
.
Blue Bell public house, Kirkgatr, Wakefield,
whom she was accustomed to cull " mother ;" and
Mrs. Gill's son, who now kept the public-house, she
was in the habit of callicg " brother." Wh,,,n out of
iss Ant, of Dewsbury, and on
y
service she usually went to old Mrs. Gill's until she
could find another situation. The prisoner had for-
merly lived with a M
s service some time ago she
leaving Miss Anty
's
into the service of a Mr. Smith, a porter
merchant at Wakefield, where she remained till
the 4th of October. On leaving that situa-
tion, being out of service, she went to old Mrs. Gill's
her, asked her, from
to stay, and remained there till the 20th of the same
month, when she again entered the service of Miss
Anty. Miss Anty, on engaging
her appearance,i
if she wasn the family way, when
the prisoner replied, " rtn as much in the family way
now as when I left you., It appeared that in June
the prisoner had consulted a surgeon, who told her she
was pregnant, and that he was sure the child had
quickened. Another servant maid at Mr. Smith's,
where she was then living, had also perceived her con-
dition, and told her she was pregnant, which the pri-
soner then admitted, and sai 1 she was about to be
married to the father of the child. On the night of
Sunday, the 19th of October last, old Mrs. Gill's son
and his wife and family retired to rest between ten
and eleven o'clock, and about five o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning the prisoner rapped at Gill's door and
said she was going to Dewsbury. She had told them
the night before that. she was going by the half-past
five Government train in the morning. They had
advised her not to go by that train, but she said if
she did not she would have to pay more. She then
went, saying " Good bye to you ; will you be good
enough to send my boxes after me to Dewsbury ? '
She had been observed about one o'clock that same
morning by a neighbour of the Gills—a Mrs. Fell—
going across the yard to the privy ; and a sou of Mrs.
Gill, who worked in a factory, and who had to go to his
work between Live and six o'clock in the morning, on
going downstairs found the prisoner in the kitchen,
apparently lightieg the fire, and she asked him if he
would help her. She was then wearing a victorine
and a light straw bonnet, and was dressed as if in
,readiness for going out. lie then went out to go to
his work, and he heard the prisoner come out after
him, and saw her going towards the railway station.
He saw her carrying a bundle and a basket. On
the Saturday night before this (the 18th of October)
the prisoner bad a blue band-box in her room at
Mrs. Gill's, and on the Monday morning, the 20th
of October, the day she left, the hat-box was gone.
That morning there was a Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway Government train going from the Wakefield
stationrailway
to
porter,D ew Dewsbury
named
t Jackson,half-pastwas at
o'clock, and a
at'tcloheck'
station at
five o'clock. On opening the doors there was nothing
in the passage to attract attention, and he saw the
train off and several passengers in it for Dewsbury.
After the train had been gone some three or four
minutes, a woman came to the window where the
tickets were delivered and asked for a ticket for
Dewsbury, and she was told the train WI:: gone. She
then asked what time the next train a ant, ana wis
toll at 11.30 o'clock. Some one was with her to
whom she was heard to speak, and, from
the answer given, that person was supposed