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London, England, 1826-01-20 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' C4:)1.4(T, JAN. 19. .
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Way' Aaron, whose case we reported on the 31st ofi
December last, Caine up to receive the judgment
of the Court. It may bG remembered that the insolvent
was opposed by Mr. Prtt.oee, at the instance of the
Metropolitan'fsereitey on-behalf of a hosier. named Kip-
ling, of whom he had obtained goods to the amount of
several hundr: d pounds within a very short period.
wh:ch goods he represented that he had disposed of to.
two Polish Jews, named Jacobs and Joseph, wh ► had
absconded without paying him for them. The insolvent
had also stated, that a cupboard at his lodgings, in
London-wall, had been biOken open. and robbed of
property to a considerable amount. The case was first
heard in Ju1y,1824, when the Court were su dissatisfied
with the insolvent's account of the disposal of his pro-
petty, that they dismissed his schedule. Upwards
of a year afterwards, he applied for an order for a re-
hearing, on the grounds of having further evidence to
offer to the Court, which was granted en the usual con-
dition of payment of costs. Being unable to pay Clem,
he again arplied to the Court, and obtained a conJi-
tional rule, calling on the opposing creditor she,
cause why he should not be re-heard without payment
of costs, which ride, Mr. Bousfield, secretarr to the
facie y, humanely consented should be made absolute;
in consequence of which, the case cams on to be refl.! ad
on the 30th of D.cember, 1-825, when the insolvent
produced witnesses who spoke to certain dealings be-
tween him and the men Jacob and Joseph, who,e very
existence had been previously doubted by the. Court.—
The tate then stood over for judgment, whirr was this
day pronounced by the Court, amongst whom there Was
a eifference of ryinion. -
The CHINS COMMISSIONER recapitulated the facts of
the case, and .'bse ved that it resolved itself into three
points—namely, lsr, Had the insolvent fraudently con-
tracted a debt with Kipling ? 2dly, Had he made aa'ay
with the property ? And idly, 1-lad he concealed or
kept back any property ? As to the first point, the
learned Chief Commissioner had no doubt that the in-
solvent had contracted a debt with his opposin4 cre-
ditor fraudulent:y ; but that he had made away null or
concealed property was in his opinion extremely pro.
Werriatical, although certainly the case wai pregnant
with suspicion. But. the Court was not justified in
acting upon bare suspicion, and depriving a man of his
liberty without satisfactory proof of his misconduct.—
As to the robbery which had been spoken of, however
improbable it might seem, it had not been contradicted,
and the fact was stated on his recos ded oath ; so that,
should anything hereafter appear to invalidate that
solemn test, he might be brought up here again, or
taken before another tribunal, where the consequences
would be still more penal. In the ahsenc.., therefore,
of satisfactety proof upon the two latter points, he (the
Chief Commissioner) conceived that the insolvent had
suffered a sufficient • imprisonment by anticipation, he
baying been confined within the walls of the prison for
a period of 18 months from the filing of his petition.—
His learned brothers, however, thought that he ought
to remain in prison for some time longer; and they,
constituting the majority of the Court, its judgment was,
that he be remanded within the walls or the prison for
the period of 19 calendar months from the date of filing
his petition, for fratudulent concealment of property. .
• The Learned Commissioners HARRIS and /Law ob-
served, that after reviewing the evidence given in the
different stages of this case, they were sorry to say that
they did not give credit to the statement made upon
the insolvent's solemn oath. There was every reason to
believe that the two debts entered in his schedule at,
owing to him from Jacobs.and Joseph, were fictitious,
and the tale of the robbery an idle fabrication. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE..

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MANSION HOUSE.

Baron Joseph Fetli, a Colonel in the Spanish service, and during
the struggle of the Spanish Constitutionalists Governor of the for.
tress of Lerida, came to the Jastice-room yesterday, after the Loan
klaroe. had retired, for the purpose of borrowing a few shillings, of
which he declared, but without betraying any symptom of dejection
in his countenance or manner, he stoodzreatly in need.
The noble Spaniard, whose landed estates harproduced to him
80,000 francs annually, joined the Constitutional army, when it
became necessary to make sacrifices to the cause, and was engaged
in most of the battles which took place in his unfortunate country.
Upon arriving In this country, after the defeat of his hopes, and in
the last stage of want, be applied to the Spanish Committer, whose
finances were such as prevented them, in consequence of the nume-
rous demands upon them, from allowing hint as much money as
would buy the means of covering his nakedpess, without stopping
that allovvanci weekly out of the few shillings advanced to him for
food and lodging.
Mr. Hobler requested that the Colonel would receive from him,
in the name of the Loan Ma-vos, as a contribution or a loan, a
small sum of money, which would give him present relief.
The loan was accepted most gratefully.