The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-21 00:00:00

deferidant: To dear himself from such a charge'
appeal became necessary to a Jury of his coual
and the plaintiff looked with confidence to the #l.
tletnen whom he was then addressing for suchal'
diet as Would protect him from the slander
against him by the defendant.
The facts
provedstatedactsin e
byidyteiheiceLearned aj4...
, Gentleum
ing been
Mr. Sergeant 'WILDE addressed the Jury for
defendant, at eonsiderable length. The facts ol•
io
case, he contended, clearly justified the steps "1
by Mr. Macdougul, who was as respectable a 001
any in the city of London. Mr. Robertson, ;
eras a bankrupt, had a claim against a Mr. Mould
who resided in Scotland. It was agTeed boric
them that this claim should be referred toarbitin
and his client, Mr. Macdougal, signed a.
by which he guaranteed that Morrison .11;4
abide by the result of the award of the arbitratU
The arbitration was going forward in Scotland
Mr. Morrison died, and therefore the defendant
mediately gave notice, that as Morrison dig•a;ol,
considered himself ao longer bound by the
The plaintiff, however, got the award in, SObad
and the defendant then was advised tbitbeortedtj
good defence at law, to which he therefore re, wee'
and ao other delays took place than such The
actually necessary to raise the question leap
Learned Gentleman then contended that die S,bid
tiff could have no other object in advertising t"j.ji
for sale, than that of extorting money front ttueso
fandant, and not for the actual purpose of
which would be rendered impossible by the 13,3
step of advertising it. His -only object must. d
been to have advertised Mr. Macdougal as a PIA,
who could not, or would .not, pay the just C;l7,
against
Jury,

Mr. Justice GAZELEE, in charging the
that with respect to the delays they did note
to him to be resorted to solely for the par
procrastination. ned‘
The Jury, after a short consultation, relic-
verdict for the defendant.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUO cis
Wm. Neve was opposed by Mr. Head coo,
half of Mr. Dalgleish, and supported by Mt',,,pt to
The evidence of Mr. Dalgleish, a builder, s'i".,t
prove that the insolvent had contracted ;de,lilf,
fraudulent representations, for building tegit-toir
He had represented to him that he expected, t
ceive about 3,000/. from the will of an unsle;
he was building some houses for a Mr. Test,
Battle-bridge, for which he was receiving 75 Peirosli
as the work proceeded, and if he (Mr. D.) :"
supply him with materials, he would pay biro sae
same manner. He, however, received the psrliboo
without paying Mr. D., and ou owing bi° stlol
2001. he gave him a draft on Mr. Terret toy
sum. Mr. Terret answered, that the insolveotoo,
then received more than 75 per cent. on his
which he subsequently abandoned, and 12is
cities were obliged to finish the contract. it
Mr. Terret and his surveyor proved that 0'1.4
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solvent had received from them 10501. IP. .60
months. He admitted on his cross-exare°l'bid
that in that, and the preceding years be
received above 1,1351. from his uncle d
which he had paid to his creditors. He ha o,o'
bought and sold a house, which he had not Of
tioned in his schedule. He was closely presol
the Court for his account book, he having d
;i0
in a sort of memorandum bpok. He rePlle
though he had been building several houses I'4l
time, he had only kept that and a small clasp P d
book not produced. He could not point 011 t of
entry of a sum of money due to or from him, '0
book produced.
and Mr. Dalgleish had had extensive dealings
consideredWr l. CO OEE
fraudulently
e 0 nteride dcotnhtartactlteedd,eas
tchoeulidn:ltt:e.dVc
fore, which were settled; and although he swore
he gave him credit ou his false representatiorp:o
would not swear that he would not have give°
credit without. 010
The COURT were of opinion that the clebtfist
contracted fraudulently, but the insolvent In-
a better account of his property. o
insolventpaucrwecoashuansthteeorafe:hdoirses:relnemelane:fsdetlhdilti.:3:otbo-,10)1,
thew uTnhte
oft executors'he
Francis-street, and the clasp pocket-book; fu al
notice to be given of such filing to Messrs- 1
gleish and Moor, who were appointed assigneeP,