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London, England, 1825-09-27 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTuRb' COURT, SEPT. 26.

Henry Pulkine Therdon was opposed by Mr. COOKE,
on behalf of Joseph Warren, of Monkwell-street, Fal-
con-square, from whose evidence it appeared, that in
the month of April last he gave the insolvent, who was
cashier to Mr. Bateman, of Gutter-lane, a bill for 601.
to get discounted for him. Upon calling for the amount
shortly afterwards, he was told by the insolvent that
the bill was in the hands of a person who had gone for
a few days to the country, but be should procure the
money as soon as he returned to town. After receiving
this answer to his inquiries once or twice, Mr. Warren
informed him that he was no longer in want of the
money, and would therefore thank him to return the
bill. The insolvent assured him that it was still in the
country, and had not been put in circulation. MILr
various excuses, and assurances of a similar kind on the
part of the insolvent, the bill was presented to Mr.
Warren for payment, and Le was obliged to take it
up. On the day preceding that of its maturity, the in-
solvent sent Mr. Warren another bill for 621. which was
refused, and subsequently offered, when in prison, to
pay him ss. in the pound. This Mr. Warren con-
sented to, but he heard nothing further on the subject.,
Mr. COOKS having addressed the Court on behalf of
the opposing creditor, and Mr. HEATH for the insolvent,
The Clitsv COMMISSIONSR remarked, that the Coun-
sel on both sides had acted with becoming propriety in
not putting any questions to the insolvent himself in a
case in which their only effect would be to throw in his
way a tempts: on to cemmit perjury. The insolvent'
had also done himself credit by not attempting to coo-1
tradict any of the facts, and by the manner in which he
conducted himself, whereby it appeared that he was
ashamed of his past conduct. It was probable that he
was tempted by some strong necessity pressing upon
him at the moment, to act in the way he had done;
and it was a circumstance of some niiiigation in his
favour that he did not now, like some debtors, add to
the wrong he had inflicted upon his creditor, by at-
tempting to cast upon his testimony the imputation 4'll
perjury. Under all the circumstances of the ca e,
the ju fruent of the Court was, that he be re-
manded within the walls of the prison for seven mon•hs.
George Browne was opposed by Mr. Heath, at the
instance of Mr. Bousfield, secretary to the Metropolitan
S ,ciety for the pposition of Fraudulent Debtors. The
insolvent had kept a chandler's shoo in Westminster,
and in a letter written by him to Mrs. Taylor, one of
his creditors, on the 11th of July last, he stated his
assets to amount to 4141. In a letter written to an-
other creditor on the 16th, he estimated them at the
same sum, and his debts at 8771. be:.ides 401. rent and
taxes, and WM which be had borrowed of a friend
upon a warrant of attorney. In this letter he offered
to pay 4s. in the pound, and expressed his regret that
the person to whom it was addressed should b: such
desperate loser through him, as he knew he had been
mistaken in his judgment of him (the insolvent) by his
trusting him so freely. In accounting to-day for the
assets above admitted, he denied the existence of a
great part of them, having, he said, misrepresented their
amount to induce his creditors to accept his offer; and
lie swore that he sold his house, fixtures, and stt ck, to
Mrs. Holmes, a woman who lived with him, tor 1491.
out of whi h he aLoa ed her to retain for rent, taxes,
&c. The insolvents account of this alleged sale,
and his stseement of all the other circumstances relating
to his property, were very unsatisfactory to the Court.
The Com COMMISSIONER animadverted on the
conduct of the insolvent, in endeavouring, with the as-
sistance of hrs attorney, Mr. Dawson, to defraud his
creditors by a pretended sale after his insolvency; and
ordered him to be remanded within the walls of the
prison for a period of two years. He further ob-
served, that he would have dismissed the petition alto.
gaiter, but that he would thereby injure the interests
of the creditors ; and added, he should expect from Mr.
Dawson an explanation of his conduct upon oath.
TheophslusErHallorania Lieutenint in the Arm y,t pon
half-pay, was opposed by Mr. Heath, on behalf of Mr.
Phillips, an army-agent. As soon as the Learned Counsel
h-d put a question or two to him, tae instiven: pro-
ceeded to speak in terms of strong reprobation of the
conduct of Mr. Phillips, %shorn he expressed a wish to
have an opportunity of examining in open Court, that
he might visit him with the animadversion which he de-
served. It was in vain that either Counsel cr the Court en-
deavoured to impress upon his mind the necessity as well
as the propriety of answering questions put to him. At
length the Chief Commissioner called to him in a peremp-
tory manner to attendto him ; upon which the insolvent
replied in a tone expressive of great indignation, and ex•
cited by his demeanour much surprise in Court, when
an officer belonging to Horsemonger-lane, intimated
that the insolvent had been lately confined in the hos-
pital in consequence of the state of his head. By this
time the insolvent had worked himself into a strong
paroxysm of delirium, and complained in a loud voice
of his opponents having hired assassins who fired a ball
into his head at his lodgings, for which he thought

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they bad subjected themselves to the penalties of fe.'
long under Loyd Ellenboroogh's A'ct.
The Cuter COMMISSIONZR baying examined the
officer of the prison upon 'oath, as to ibe fact he' had
before stated, and as to his belief that the insolvent was
not competent to answer questions respecting ins pro-
perty,.observed, that it wasimptmible that the insolvent
could be sworn to his schedule.
The Insolvent said that Mr. Phillips had received
money on his account besides his hallpay ; he had
reason to believe that a. pension was allmsed him on
account of a wound.
Mr. Phillips said, the insolvent had never been wounded.
The Insolvent replied, that he had teceivei three
wounds at Waterl,,o, for which he had applied fpr a
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pension .
Mr. Phillips was then sworn, and stated that he had
never received any money on account of tl:e insolvent,
except his half-pay, either in his own name, or Mr. La-
tonche's, or anybody else. The Medical Board, he said,
had teported on Mr. O'Halloran's case, and his applica-
tion for a rens;on had been rejected.--The case was
then adjourned generally.

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