The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DO) P:

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A BANKRUPT. , of !Ilea t
Mr. SuGDEN !stated that this was a pelill°° g Vim' (
several of the creditors of the bankrupt, and 04 °try !ley i
of great importance. The petition prayed for of, "r'lnai
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removal of the assignees, and that they might for
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del ed to pay several sums of money into Court, the ti: 'l°
the following. circumstances :—The bankrupt, et ;of to 7Pri'
time of his failure, was in debt to the aig°,l,- le -%
upwards of 50,0004, but there were eonsi°e-obe.i,
assets from which a good dividend was to be
pected, and it was the compromise which the 825. r the P.,...._°1;"*"
had entered into with certain of the etedltors' grof .i.G-1,1,
bankrupt which caused this application; t• flit i°, ft.:
they complained of was in the case of a debtor tln-etl 4,nftlikee,
bankrupt, against whom a verdict. had been obtaL ~bt tilte-at-
for 3,000/.; the assignees compromised this s-cre, Ce
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without the authority of one-third of the '
ditors, for the sum of 1,000/., and a reversionerY ite 144:
terest of the value of 8001. The assignee ibis Ivh
that it was to the benefit of the creditors Chet the 44,1e:ti:
arrangement should have been entered intoy.'hoe '
party, if they had been pressed, would not -nald A.
been able to pay the whole amount, and there'! Mt hbin;t tl
not have been as much recovered. Nov he
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Sugden) contended that they had no autholirtfty - 4
make this arrangement ; the 88th section e'j3e 1„:"
Bankrupt Act expressly stated that no comPre-ee: 44ri:'
without the consent of at least one-third of the, ~is Lim -I,'
ditors, should be legal; therefore, whether' i:4l , V:ei
act,to
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ference beween 1,800/. and 3,0004. the arnotoh.4
the verdict. Besides there were affidavits 59/tfioll
that the parties were able to pay the of
amount. The next charge agair.st them, for
that they had allowed the bankrupt to retain h''' , ger
niture at the valuation set upon it by the moseiiihe
under the commission, without the consent (Pct,.
creditors, v‘ hich was directly forbidden by theH.-Id
The petition therefore prayed that the Court
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order an immediate sale by auction, and dirtrA lii
inquiry into whether any loss had been sustrl;osol
keeping it till the present time, and if any 100, 0
taken place, to order the assignees to pay s iCh- f
There were two other debts (one to thearnelify
3,8000 which had likewise been coMprornienhbot
the assignees, which the petition also praYeejiirO,
the difference between what was received en",h,.-toi
full amount might be ordered to be paid The
Court for the benefit of the creditors. the
next charge against the assignees was that in tor
year 1826, they had paid to the solicitoo yet
der the commission 300/. on .aecounrr, 1
'to
when the bill was taxed (which amounteuj,
1,950/.), this sum of 300/. was not dedudenel
was therefore prayed that the assignees wig"' I
ordered to pay this sum, and likewise interet :if
the ame from the time. In answer to this cptilik'stis
it was stated, that there were other law Face- too '
not charged in the bill, for making the comnliss;o
arid that when the account of those charges s.thi
ascertained, the balance would be applied for to
benefit of the creditors. Mr. Sugden, at Are
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length, contended that the assignees had is
these cases acted illegally, if what they had. no
was for the benefit of the creditors; yet it '05;64
gal, and therefore the petitioners were entitled ru -
prayer of the petition. - ,d
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Mr. MoNTAGu followed on the same side; -to
Mr. BICKERSTETII, Mr. ROE, and Mr. Jacol3l ere.
be heard on behalf of the assignees. • AP
The case is not expected to be concludedto

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
IMPORTANT TO ASSIGNEES.
1101'
EX-I'ARTE EIL.ER AND OTHERS, IN THE MATTER O. -°

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
Law is v. GRDDES.
Mr. F. KELLY iu opening the pleadings.Tol
that this was an action to recover`2o4,.The 910
of board and lodging supplied to the `sister
plaintiff by order of the defendant. - 7
Mr.l3nouGuAm stated, that the defendant
kept a public house, and, the sister of The -Mt
tiff had lived with him as bar-maid. In froj
situation the defendant Geddies seduced her, 60,
had then, by a third person, pledged himself
imburse the plaintiff for any expense he might 11,t
on her account. From the fact of Elizabetly,t 0
being a servant to the defendant at the time of be 0
seduced, the brother was prevented from brine%
action against him for loss of services. By lhe:orlf
fendant's guarantee, however, he had become i
of
liable for the expences incident to the lyillErT
Elizabeth Lewis.
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John Smith deposed, that he knew Gerldiefr „th
kept a public-house in September last, Elifi 00
Lewis lived with him as bar-maid; she went 041
with her brother Mr. Lewis; about the 6th of 'elt
month, called on defendant at Lewis' request, t°;ieli'
what was to be done with her, as she was in a he
sate state of health. Defendant then said, that he
was very sorry for what had happened, and the Bid
would act as a man towards her; witness tie
him that she was then entirely destitute; .0e"-ble
then gave witness 3/. for her, and sent wOrd.rtioll
brother that he would pay for every thing i 'Pth,
was necessary, and which he might supply her 1.1„
He said that if she wanted money she could 161—(0(
from him. He said that 1/. was due to her tee
wages. She staid with her brother about t'•
months, and was confined in January. „Ad
Cross-examined by Mr. F. PoLtocK-13e'' fir
that Geddies arid his brother were partners 41, 0(01
public-house. She was bar-maid to both; di'j,ire
know from them whether or not Geddies, the.P.4o
tiff, was a servant to his brother. The convener
he had alluded to took place about the Gth ""de
tember. No other person was present but the to
fondant and witness. Plaintiff went with bTott.
the house, but was not present at the conver6% to
Lewis was present after the money had been p'
witness. the
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Other witnesses were called, who proved 6/0'
plaintiff had supported his sister during her c°l'
meta, and had paid the surgeon, nurse, &c. „ the
Mr. F. PoLLocti then addressed the Jury.f 'Oll
defendant, and contended that the plaintiff end
wanted to make a job from the family disgrace/400
that he had not fully proved the amount he soul;
recover. -

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the
dence, and the Jury returned a verdict for 294",
THE KING V. DONALDSON. t QVg
In this case, Sir J. SCARLETT stated that 011
an indictment for an assault on a lady. The nod
was certainly not a violent one, yet the 107,1
been advised to indict the defendant to prevelg:
tition. He now, however, understood that Pe cos
fendant was willing to apologise, and in Wh 001
his client would take a verdict without enterin.k .
the case. d tba
Mr. BRODERICK, for the defendant, replic lad)
his client had no intention of assaulting ("Jo
but since his conduct had been so construed,
pressed his extreme regret that it had occurred'
A verdict of Guilty was then entered.

POLICE INTELLIGWICE-(THIS DAl')

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COMMITMENT OF HUNTON, FOR FORGERY:IOre
This morning Joseph Hunton was brought Kor
the LORD MAYOR, and underwent a public exadard
tion on the charges of forgery. Hunton app
much distressed in mind.
Mr. Gates appeared as solicitor for the banktl:oo
The evidence adduced on the private examine:he
a few days since, was read over, and embraOcce
circumstances of forgery on three bills of ixchriiird
one for 481. 10s., another for 1621, 105.; and it
for 50/.

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The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH, whose hie;o4
tainments and talents are well known in the,litlolooo#
political world, is now attracting very large allr eK4Cy
at Bristol, where he is one of the preb of
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