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London, England, 1804-08-14 00:00:00

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The Antointre-Oxisstit. an Mr. I'mOutten
fupported the petition. They contended, that the
•vhole of the bufinels, both •in in prigiu, progrefs,
and condufion, was a mere elped4ent to exonerate
Harrifon horn the claims of his Oft Creditors, and
not only on every ptiacipie of precedent. but of com-
mon taw and common jullice, nor only the certificate
ought to b, llaid, but the conirnittun.filtsei ceded.
Ytotent.x and BELL, on behalf u; the bank-
roof. (aid, that the certificate might be granted, be-
eaufe if the eommiffion were cuperfeded afterwards,
that in conrfe would be fct afide. The charatter of
the Petitioner ought to be confidered. He was a Gen-
tlemanof theJewifh perfudi ohneither unknown in the
Courts of Law or Equity. it will be recolletted that
his brother, Mr. Motley Jofeph, non, living in fPlen-
dour, was, tome time fence, a bankrupt; and that all
his ctfeCts were very conveniently fold to his brother,
the mefent Petitioner. Could Abraham Jofeph
now appear as a petitioner with any fuccefs in thi.
Court, when be himfelf ind offend to make Har-
rifon a bankrupt, and tb [enure this unfortunate
and perfecuted man his certificate? A formal ir-
regularity mutt difappoint this application. The
perfon who came forward as petitioner before his
Lmdllsip, had done fo without fervice to. any ,perfun
concerned, not even the petitioning creditor. Mr.
Thonspfon had introduced into hia argument a lirange
cootradittion ; he had (aid, no perfcn was chargeable
with nand, and vet that this was a Fraudulent cominif
lion.
The ArroemET G was proceeding to reply,

Apar inraLLr

one.
Mra. Allan rani, Ilse knows Mary Reid, and In
May IA Ike received a note front her to get draft-
ed. The note new flievrn her Ike knows to be the
Caine. She went t•J the thortif Mts. Sack to get it
(banged, and was detained there.
Crefreziortimed ly Coorifelke Batt. for the PrFerter,
p. Are you well acvainterl with Mary Reid
A. Yes; the has bred in Belfati about ss years.
Q._ What is her charader t--A.• 0, Sir, the has
a old! excellent charadter ; the once had a child,
but I never heard anything againft her chandler.
Q. Do you know a-Capt. Dirkie ?—A. Yes.
Q. Where iste•now f—A. He lives in .Derry.
Q, In. what part of Derry doesthe.live in ?—A. 0,
Sir.l am lure I cannot well lay, Sir, but I believe
it is in the gaol.
Q So you believe he lives lit'the
.gaol Of Derry.
Did you ever beer that he kept Mary 'Reid ?--A. 0,
me. Sir ! No, Sir, I never heart tot he kept Miry
Reid. He's an trona man and.deals.in.kft s.
So it would.appear he deala•ind.fe mid
other goods too, and probably Mary • alio aids
in fort goods.
Mary Reid. What's that you are laying, Sir ?
I'll perhaps meet you, though it &mid be in liven

C. .
elt cevomorEßv. Maosteseine, Aylmer S.
.. ; -AI SAWN.
're* was a ?within in the Omit to flay the certifi-
re rte .t.:--- hraih. the Lila matter ~f. the dim r,iend-
it•i, ; and •be sty ticaiion we% made by Met sa Tho-
Inas Peterfon and CO. the Owners of that Otip :
RAI, in the leeginnmsof the year t So 3; had become
bankrupt, and, two months afterward*. had pro-
cored the fignature of four-fifties of bis creditors to
his ceitificate : lie then engaged as spatter of a velfel
in another concern, which proceeded to Demarara,
when be is fimpofed now to be.
Mr. Rontat.v, on behalf of the petitioners, Rated
gratiiiiiraels ea milerindutt in his capacity of cApe.e.,,
of is: liritesellisip, b ah dining and fulifequent to her
his vr.ystge to Jamaica. The Cnrnmilfneeers had not
permitted eleffie. Peterfon and Co. to prove theit
debt, and redly& was now fought from rtie Court,
shat the certificate might not be granted, until the
debt was examined into, and, if eltablithed, until it
wrte proved.
34v. HALL, on the fame fide, Rated a remarkable
cafe from the sit of Atkyns, wherein Lord Haan-
yucca commented with peculiar feverity on the inju-
rious patimpti.nde with which certificate, were come-
t/toes granted, by which " the order of things was
inverted, and &Iris: tostwilfwa were introduced for
the bentfir of the bankrupt, not for the advantage of
Ms creditors."
Mr. Bien aaosmi, owthe eemtvary, contended, that
the petitioners were not permitted to prove their
deb•s, becanfe they could thew Isn'fatirfaitory claim ;
that the Commiltoners had given them-the faireß
opportunity of eliablithing their demand, and if they
were, guilty of kart, they mitt torte the confequenee
Of their own wiled, and not prevent the exoneration
of the bankrupt; who bad acquitted Wolf& to the
eati,fueion of fOur-fiftbs of his coeditors..
Mr. itostecce. was proceeding to rept'', when be
was intertnyed by due
Loan Cateuicas.Losa—a" The man gom to lea, pad
difpofes of the cargo with which he was iotrattedia
a way Meonfillent with the orders of his owners It
wit his duty to have complied with ibefe orders, and'
to hove come home with dear scrowsts.of the tram,.
&Coss. Thishe does not appear to have dram. but
Jis certificate is figned in two or amoths, and he
then hastens away or new advietarres. Ulnas to
* the certificate tbradd be flayed.°
la FARTS
Sir Herbert Mackworth entered Wo=
hi a banking houfe in ifla, which beg n
3mndualled under the f roe of Dottie, jetasieree. apil
Wilkinlrns. lathe year 1795 Mr. Was. ittrtattre. ate
fon of Charles Bermes, Lfq. was remind_ iato the
partoerfirp for 14 years, during which term be was
no have one-fixth, or one-eighth of the profits, bat
V the* did as mourn to scoot. per asaMo.be was
to have a lien no the profits of hie partners to that
.
• eatest. Ae a sompeolation for this intern hi la.
Utter 'seethe film of reel. to she farmer hook, out
as a .part of the general capital, bat as a hones to
the partners, and he agreed to be anfeverable t a the
event of go,oool. for any lofs to winch bib foe might
become liable, in ennfeqeenee of his concern in the
honfe In 1796 when William Berner' bad come
of Mier. jam% 'I afoot was received into the firm
without the content of Charles Berets. The ba-
lance of accounts or the gth of May, zBo3. between
Charles Berner: and the haute, was in bis Favour
15.6491. and on that day, a CommilSou of Bank-
ruptoy aired againfk all the partners. The COM'
aniffioners had permitted the fuil amount to be. prov.
ed, and the nbjell of the rerun petition was, that
the ten thoufand pounds or which Charles Berner.;
had rendered himlelf tefponfible, fbould be deduded
from the amount fo proved, and that he Should I
only be pertnitted to receive dividends on the
5.6.491. the Affignees were the petitioners. The
Material quellion was, whether Charles Bernert,
'nailer the agreement he had made for his fin, was
eithera furety, or a partner; and whether either or
bill tuck eharafiers were not withdrawn in confe
of the reception into the partnerfhip of James
VfOlst: without his content?
gdeifie. Rnestaev and Cusses commented on the
bits of :he cafe. They Paid the lots of the partner-
e'," would be to a much greater extent than to,oool. A few days Once, as two tons of a lice-maker, at
sod that the introduainn of Tilton could not deßroy Bridlington•Qnay, the one feven and the other only
the refpnnfilality Charles Berner' had undertaken. two years of age, were at play in Mr. Sawdnn's
The Ars-nature Graeae!. and Mr. RICHAIDION, granary, the eldell of them having met with a loaded
net the contrary, argued, that Mr. Charles Berners pittol in the yard, which Mr. S.'s let rant had ineau-
Malta or• be confidered at any time in the light of a finally left there. he took it up, and in endeavouring
partner ; he was merely in the fituation of a furety, to imitate the fuldiers in their manoeuvres, his little
and the law in refpeft to foreties had been long (flab- brother calledfve; not knowing it was loaded, when
lilted by the cafes of " Lord Arlington and Merrick," he did to, and flint hi::: dead upon the fpnt.
44 Wright and Ruff el," "Barclay and Lucas." and A few days fence, a carpenter, at he NN't a end of
the recent cafe of " Welwyn and Lee," before Lind the town, having received 4031. aft:r gratifying his
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to
whom. If any aheration•tont place in the Vanity by an ostentatious difplay thereof, picked tip
potties to whom the furety was given, the furety was a highly dreired nympth in Pall Mail, with whom he
difeberged. In the prefent inflanee, tbe introdnainn retired to an nbfcure lodging, and was quickly di-
of Tilton had made loch a change in the patties, and CALRICKFERGUS ASSIZES, AUGUST 3. veiled of the whole fnm. The lady was apprehended
in confemaence Charles Berners wa• not liable to the iffkbarl Moan was accufed of having, on the the nest day, but being an adept in her profeffion,
so,cisnl but was entitled to prove the whole of hisdebt. 16th May tal ed a fnrg:d note, purporting to be no proof could he brought against her, confequently
The Lneo CHastcaccort &hada his opinion on one of the Renftewthire Banking Company'. notes, the was difcharged-
tge relative firnatinn of the parties at great length, and fur baring other forged notes '.n the fame On Saturday a number of perfons were examined
and pointed not the dillinelion in the nteligatioa of Bank, in his p.iffeffion. at the Police-office, Marlborough-Rivet. for a tumult
Charles Berner* to the partnerfhip, and to the general Ceunfellnr M•C opened the pr./ fecution, by at the hoitfe of Mr. Maus wait t so, in Weymouth
body et Creditors; and he added, upon a elate era- Rating, that the plitaner was one of thole perfons fircet.—A woman, who had been particularly waive,
panatios of the contents of the inftruments produced, who went about iffuing forged notes, and the Court was. for want of hail, committed to prifnn, to an-
us itinerating the intention of the parties, aid ascent- and Jury molt be well .ware of the grievances which fwer the chat ge at the earning hatter Scrams. An
meted wish the law of the case, the fituation of this cosmtry has laboured under in ecntequence of_the artillery ogee, likewife appeared on cullody. charged
Charles gamer, was altered by she intrndu&inn of numerous forgeries whet!" have been circulated. Tte with having drawn his (word in toe mob ; but it ap
Tilfon : from that moment be was a mere Creditor, notes in queltson do not bekaig to any of the Banks peering that he was inebriated, and an officer of dif
and he is entitled to his dividends to the full extent of in this country, lat to the Itenfrcwflrire Sank in tinilion making fnlicitation in his favour, be was re-
Abe flun proved. Scotland. It perhaps had occurred to tne gang if pvimanded.
Annusr to. sx
This
elude detettion. Banker ia the City, and Mr. Cos•ncs, a young
Val a petition of At,-sham infer+, to fat tirade Bevan, they or,-,J1,1 the more eardy
the c„,,ent,,;(4;,,0 .4 J. Kaolin' as fraudulent, arid to One of the notes, upon which the prifoner ischarged, Gentleman, refoling in Curfitor-greet, were walk-
Oar his certificate. Harrifon, tome tints 'mice, had woad be proved to have been given by him to a wo- I ina in the Temple G aliens nn Sunday afternm it
bee. ....e b takrupr, when the
petitioner was a credltnr man of the name of Mary Reid, who gave it to a I lad, the fnrmer having a pale blue ribbon to his
on hi• elate. The cnmrMiTuut was taken out ',yin Mrs. Allan, and Me carried it to the thry of Mrs. watch, and the latter an eye•glats futpended from
cipally at the inttance of Mr. Rnfene, of Livt rad, Black, to get it minified. (rLre Mr. M.CAIITIVI his bet rem of Bardett's colour, which he cunfidered
a 0,e„,;,,,,An well ko. wit in the :Iler•rY n'r••l I. and natcd the whole cafe, which will be hound detailed I excited fome tontcmptorais notice on hem part ot•
whn v. is alto a creditor. it appeared on the fact '4 in the evidence.] . •Mr W. whereupon an explanation wasnded,
she afeta•n, that Mr. Jnrr, h. .sh-t v•temptc,l to re. The firth witnefs called was Mary Rei I. who laid : sou a Chal:Clire craned.
na this co,„,,iefif.n, hid Vott:11 offered to talc, nut (be lives in Fattory row, Bell of. Site law the 1•;- ! 'Die Immo. in Orr nartb.n was witneffed Ivy a isoto-
nic!' commifEon ag..lra Harrifen. and in ne.ein him 1 loner in May laR, when he carted as her well h' fe her of perf•vas, and a coy idential (fiend being et--
I,n, c„,;fis,or, ..n the c"n•hin,n that he, k.fevh, • aol [aid Alexander Di'ltie had lent her a vu.ne. I.y trolrd . ill their it t. t•tt• of n ..cting II c twill morn
Should he arpe:need the allgnee• ti2sTifins i• now a h:m. He then gave her a note which Me a .v..: to tog (v, (it'd is) io I I i,l, l'atk, gave tot'ot m. 6.. It
rrif net in .1,, Kuse's Bench, and the c.tnfecptence of 1 Mrs. Allan to obt sin change. Si e hal s•n ~•n• r 0., to l%lr.r;i AWAM. the l. 1•01. •e. who very prrivesli
Lobtaining his certificate would be his 11311p04.A.a Alli. , but that or e. When Mit. Man -.• e; tto M...al I .',war .II 1•. al. $.• ch. nt ate partiv. •nd who
au..zge• I w.t.tr it, We was r.lsta:ned. Tr.( pf110:1CI Lad ;Any •t• • l,. '.. .1 Lail to :cep the peace tuwatds

years hence.
Q 0, 1 am forty that any thing I have Paid
Mould tulle the temper of fo eceomplalted a lady.
The next wieners was Mrs. Black, who Rated that
Mrs. Allan brought the note to ber tam for change,
but having heard there was a forgery on the Ren-
frewfhire Bank, the furfpeeted it, and (hewed it to
Mr. Pinkerton, who knew it to .be forged. He kept
the note and went for Mr. Gillies. Mrs. Allan was
detained until the was examined.
Mr. Pinkerton faid.that on receiving the note from
Mrs. Black, he fufpeited it was a forgery, and know'
diately went to Mr. Gillies who came to Mrs.
Black's (hop, and upon Mrs. Allan informing who
(he got it horn, they went along with Mr. George
Bri!tow, who •is a Magißrate, and apprehei.led the
Prisoner, upon whom they found two other notes.
He Paid be got 'them from a honk jockey on the
road, and gave Irifh notes for them. He gave ea-
' lions accounts how •he -Came by them, and of the
road they had travelled. The note now (hewn to
him he knows to be the fame be got from Mrs.
Mack, for he put his name upon it.
Mr. Gillies Rated how Mr. Pinkerton caned on
him with the note, and that lie went•with him to
Mrs. Black's (hop, and from thence along with Mr.
George Brißow to the honfe where M'Keegan was.
They met him at the door, and he be6tated before
ifs would acknowledge trimfetf to be the man.—A
woman in the houfe was pointed out to be his wife,
hat it afterwards appeared it was another woman
who was really his wife. Mr. billow anted if he
bed any Scots notes. He laid he bad one, but upon
(torching him two were intend. One of them, be
Paid, had lain in his pocket for two years, and he
bad not known of it till the day before. He Paid
he got the notes from a man on the road, to whom
he gave frith dotes for them, and got difecont.
• Mr. Napier, of the Renfrevrthire Bank, proved the
fignatures in the notes to be forged.
Here the examination of the witnefes doled.
The judge then addreffed the Intl.—He obferv-
ed. that the Prifoner M.Keegan, flood isdided of
uttering a forged note of the Itenfrewthire Beak. In
this cafe there were two things for the Jury to at•
tend to, wit.-601, that it be proved that the Pti-
Caner knee: that the note was a forgery 4 and second-
' ly that he uttered it with a fraudulent intention.
His Lord&ip then went over the whole evidence
minutely, and (hewed its different bearings, both for
and againft the Prifoner, in a wry able and candid
manner. He concluded by obferving2 that when the
life of a Primer is at Ate, if dine is any doubt in
the minds of the Jury, he onisht to have the benefit
of it, and in the prefent cafe, there certaialy may be
inch doubt in the mind of any reafonabk man, as at
lead might operate fo as to induce a Jury to acquit
him of the capital charge.
The Jury were then enclofett, and loon returned
with a verdiS acquitting the Prifoner upon the firß
charge, and 6ndiag him guilty upon the fecend.
He was sentenced to two years imprifooment•

when he was interruped by -
The Loan Cosscettoa.—" The true quellion is,
if this be a commiffion for the fake of the bankrupt ?
The charafter of Jofeph does not materially affetl
this queltiwt : he has applied to thc Court of Exche-
quer with bills of injunction : he has retorted after-
wards to the Court of Law, and he has ellablithed
his claim nearly to the full extent he cleared. A deed
of affignment is made out to Watfon of the dies% of
Harrifon, and this inftrument fs the foundation of the
commiffinn of bankrnpter. BarcHad)is the attorney,
and not only the attorney, but the ennintifGorter un•
der the bankruptcy. Conantilfioaer Bradfwell not
1,14 ;moves the Azi 4,1 bankruptcy, but qualifies him-
Telf, under his new charafter of commiffloner, to the
eltate. This, vinneeed with the other circumttances,
makes me doubt very much if this be net the corn
mason of the bankrupt bitnielf. If want is alledged
be coerce; Stacifweil, and another perk' (Crump),
who has been named in the court will be at kelt an-
Amiable for the pre-cefs of fuperfeding the commit-
tals. if they are not yet farther to be rendered te-
fp:able."
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