The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENO.II—ahis Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCZ.
(lhfore Mr. Comenis%ionor Fano.)
IN RS THZ WELSH POTOSI MINING COMPANY EXPARTIII

STA.NSFIELD AND ANOTHER.

IMPORTANT QUESTION. —Mr. Cb.itiley renewed an ap-
plication made on Saturday last, that the names of
Messrs. John and Ashton Stansfield should be struck
out of the list of clntributories in the above company, on
the ground that they had been induced to join by false
representations. He founded his application on the de-
cision of the Vice-Chancellor K;ndersley, in Brockwell's
case, In Re the Royal British Bank, &c., in which case
the name was expunged. His Honour ex3ressed a strong
opinion that in the case of a company, as in the case of
a simple partnership, that the shareholders were
liabla to creditors, although when the list of contribu-
tories were to be settled as between themselves, any one
might object, on the ground of fraud. So, in a part-
nership, if E held himself out to the world
as a partner, he was liable to persons
who had given the firm credit, although A, B, C, and
D, his partners, had induced him to j Au them by fraud;
for he alone might be a man of enormous wealth, and
credit given on the k iowledge of that fact.
Mr. Chidley now produced the Law Journal, &c., of
August last, in which Brock well's case was reported.

Hie
Tionour read it with great attention, but said ho
did not consider it referred specifically to the case, as he
put it, as to the liability to ereditorg.
Mr. Coidley urged that in a cita like the present,
where the parties had been trapped into j 'fining the
nampsny, something ought to bo shown that they had
taken some active part, or permitted themselves to be
held out as liable.

Hi 4 Honour said that, after the decision of his Honour
the Vice-Chancellor, he could but hear the arguments
dit.cussed ; but as the matter was not pressing, he would
appoint the 7th January for that purpose, the parties
not being called on as cJaribatories in the meantimo.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Day.)

WEiTALINTSTE

CHARGE OF STEALING BRICKS THE PROPERTY OF
THE BOARD OF WORKS OF THE WESTMINSTER DIS•
TRICT,—Wm. Grit:2Bton° described av a labourer, was
charged before Mr. Paynter with having stolen, in the
company of another, not in custody, en the 21st
from the Green-yard, Eforseferry -road, St. John's West-
minster, a cart load of bricks, the property of the Board
of Works of the `Westminster District.

Mr. Rogers, clerk to the board, attended on their
behalf.

John M. Wood, inspector of nuisances of the district,
said that on the 20th ult. about 2,000 bricks were lodged
in the Green-yard, On the 21st, in c.msequence of some
information from Mr. Crowe, another inspector, he
went in search of the prisoner, who is carman to
Mr. Watt, Vaux.hall-bridge-road, when he learned
from bias that ho had been directed to fetch some
bricks from the Green-yard to take them to the
tne in
bricks the
ad
joining
Wandsworth-road. Witness found them at a build-
ing which is being carried on. He heard that
Watt directed him to go to the Green-yard the firstthing in the morning to take away the bricks. When
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Wandsworth-
the
building which is being raised by a person 'mined Austin.
Wandsworth-
road (prisoner)
received reached
orders
to s h
Crown
shoot
Witness saw Austin, who stated to him that the man
ought to have gone to Bonner's-yard instead of the
Gre-m-yard. Witness went to Banner's-yard, and was
told that there had been no bricks there, and that Austin
had no connection with the premises.

Mr. Paynter—Then this nrin may have no guilty
knowledge of what he was doing ?
Witness—l believe he was sent by his master in con•
seci Jenne of orders from Mr. Watt,
In answer to Mr. PAynter, Mr Rogers said that the
prisoner obtained access to the Green-yard at the hour
of 6 A.M., as it is open for men in the etaployment of
the Board of Works to receive their tools,
determined Austin i nuPoln a i sfsuutiunrge
a summons for
theMart.tePnlYaaysto w hieh
the prisoner was remanded on his o recognisance.
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