Star.
London, England, 1827-11-10 00:00:00

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Novoesta L.

BX•PART& BRADLEY, 1W THE )(Arm or LEWIS, •
BANKRUPT.

Mr. KNIGHT applied on behalf of Honor Bradley,
that a commission of bankrupt issued against the de-
fendant should be superseded. According to bis state-
ment, it appeared 'that the commission was taken out
against John Lewis, late of Llangibby, in the county of
Monmouth, dealer and chapman, while the fact really
was, that John Lewis had not resided at the place de-
sctibed for the last eleven years, and that he had been
dating that time a prisoner in the Fleet; and further,
that the trading consisted of selling butter, eggs, candles,
&c. to has brother prisoners. The petitioner claimed
the interference of the Court, first, on the ground that
the d.signation of the bankrupt's residence was errone-
ous ; and, secondly, that the alleged trading did not
Come within the meaning of the Statute. Her own
debt was a genuine claim of 1001. cash advanced the
bankrupt by her late husband, and paid for him to the
bank of Pritchard and Co. at Ross.
After a few words Irons Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. Pi-
ot:ler respecting the nature of the petitioner's debt,
The Vice CHANCELLOR said that in his opinion there
was abundant evidence to establish the petitioner's debt.
Mr. KNIGHT, in continuation, said, he therefore only
wished to confine himself to the two points of the na-
ture of the trading, and of the bankruptcy. The bank-
rupt had been for several *ye*: confined in the Fleet
Bison, though he is described in the commission as late
of Llangibby, and be,ides, when he did reside there he
had not been employed in any kind of business to em-
anate him a dealer and chapman. The description
was its every shape incorrect, because the mention of his
surname was not sufficiently particular to designate him
from the fifty other persons bearing the store name, as
was the custom in Wales. There were several cases in
the books in which commissions were superseded, on
the same ground of insufficient designation. With re-
spect to the trading, he did no: thank that the Court
would support it for a moment, as coming withip the
Ssatu:e, and the best proof of the general opinion of
cseditors, if other creditors there were, was that no per-
son had come in to prove a debt but the petitioning
creditor, at whose suit the docket was issued.
Mr. Prooze, in support of the commission, said the
pectdiai circumstance in the case was, that the petitiA-
ing creditor had himself beconle a bankrupt, and that
his assigeeei succeeded to his gust as assignee of the
estete in question. With respect to the bankrupt Lewis,
there was ao other way of reaching him but through a
commission. It was understood he Intended to avail him-
self of the'statute of limitation against those creditors
who haci not sued him for their claims; and one object
of the etitoioission was ko detest sach,ars incntreet su-
tentiop. With respect to &hatred**, howerreoindiffitreot
the transactions its which the bankrupt had. been en-
gaged were. they were quite sufficie►t to constitute him
a dealer and chapman. As the only means of procuring
justice to the creditors Of the baakrupt, he hoped the