The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

(Before JOSEPH POLLOCK, Esq., Judge.)
TILE second January court commenced yesterday, the
first day being devoted as usual to the hearing of fraud
summonses, interpleaders, and insolvency cases. There
is a total of 665 claims, which will be heard pursuant to
the following arrangement :—To-day and to-morrow, 100
cases each day; Thursday, 20 cases above £lO in value;
Friday, 120. For the three first days of the following
week there are 100 cases for each day • on Thursday, 25
above £lO in value : and the Friday ;sill be devoted to
adjourned cases.
The business yesterday was but of minor interest.
FRAUD SustsioNsas.—Orders for Committal to Lan-
caster Castle for 30 days were made against the following
parties :—Jeremiah Findlow, Court 61 and 63, Kitchen-
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street, sawyer, for a debt of £3 12s. 2d.; John Oliver,
captain of the Helen, Queen's Dock, debt £l2 10s. ; Wm.
Marshall Thompson, Salisbury-street, Old Swan, debt
£8 1 9s. ; John Halsall, at Mr. Manger's, coach-painter,
Richmond-row, debt £l4ls. 4d.; Thos. Hollis, St. Anne's
Foundry, moulder, debt 16s. ; Patrick Rourke, 1, Tindall-
street, stoker in gas-works, debt 13s. 2d. ; W. B. Reddish,
3, York-buildings, Dale-street, debt £13135. ; Mrs. Evans,
sued as Mrs. Kendal, at Thomas Harrison's' Brownlow-
hill, flour dealer, debt £3 2s. 9d. ; Wm. Smith, 13, Qaeen-
street, shoemaker, debt £1 I4s. 9d. (warrant not to issue
for a fortnight) ; Thos. Perry, 7, Soho-square, Soho-street,
builder, debt £1 6s. 11d.; and J. Robinson, at Messrs.
Cassavetti Brothers, Fenwick-chambers, Fenwick-street,
debt, £2 2s.
INSOLVENCY CASRS.-John Wagstaff, butcher, of St.
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Smith, of Rodney-street, out of business. In this case an
arrangement had been made with the creditors, and upon
the application of insolvent's attorney, and at his own
request, the petition was dismissed.—Barbara Fisher, of
No. 7, Seymour-street, milliner and dressmaker; final
order granted.—Wm. Allen, formerly of Myrtle Cottage,
Whitefield-lane, relieving-officer and organist of Walton
church. In this case the court ordered the insolvent to pay
£5O this year, £6O next, and £6O the third year, towards the
liquidation of the debt due to his creditors ; the insolvent
to come up for his final order in the second February court-
-James Skillicorn, of Standish-street, baker, general
grocer, and provision dealer. This insolvent passed his
first examination, and was directed to come up for his final
order in the second February court.—Alexander Hair Gal-
loway, surgeon, of Seymour-street, appeared for his final
order. He was opposed by several creditors, and sup-
ported by Mr. Aspinall, barrister. It appeared that the
insolvent had been in a series of difficulties from 1849 up
to the present time, and his Honour intimated that he
could not hold him free from censure in not having gone
before the court at once. Mr. Aspinall said he was a pro-
fessional man, and had trusted that in time he would
improve his position. The insolvent said that he gave
up a practice in Liverpool which was bringing him in
£l5O or £2OO a-year, and had consented to give £lOO for
a practice at Frodsham, but it had not turned out as he
expected. It transpired, during the hearing of the case,
that the defendant,besides being a medical practitioner, is
a literary man, and that he has written at least one farce
for our local theatres. His Honour, in giving judgment,
thought there had been no proof of fraud, although there
had been of great imprudence. Mr. Galloway might have
known several years ago that his circumstances were such
that he could not pay his creditors, and a man had no
right to experimentalise at the expense of others. The
schedule showed that he was a man of extraordinary
requirements, and his attention had been turned to matters
which generally interfered with the attention due to his
other profession. A man could scarcely spend his time in
j dramatic writing. and give that attention and assiduity to
his duties as a physician which they had a right to com-
mand. The Insolvent : That was when I was a medical
student, years ago. His Honour said : Well, Mr. Gal-
loway did not seem to have been guilty of any fraud what-
ever ; but he should mark the sense which he entertained
of his imprudence, by adjourning the granting of the final
order till the first April court,—protection being given in
the meantime.