The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-07 00:00:00

I.VTELLIGENCE.

COL RT OF 6ING*B BENCH, Wesmoxstre.

WANT V. lIVAIRICK.7--MT. GUIRN VT Anted that this
was an action broi;glet by the plaintiff, a surgeon and
apothecary, late of R motel-place, Fit rroy-square, against
the defendant, a ►lessenger to the shiners of
Bankrupts. The it'iject of t Its plaintin ti as, to try
the validity of a I'.ounussiun of Bankruptcy, issued
against him wider the following circumstances :—The
plaintiff, in the earl• part of the' year 1 y 19, entered
into partnership it ith (Jr. Reece, in the business of a
surgeon and apothecary, to he carried on in Claren-
don-square, Soniers'-town t hey were to stuck the slop
jointly, and money was to be raised on their joint se-
curity, for the purposes of the partnership. It was
♦ery soot) discovered that the business it as net likely
to prose a profitable one, and it was advertised to he
sold, and a purchaser soon appeared but now some
differences hat lug arisen between the plaintlf and Dr.
Reece, the sale was not completed, and a bill for 190/.
which he had drawn on the and which was
accepted by him fur the purposes of partnership, was
pot forward by one Attains, who, it appeared, was in
die situation of a stone-cutter's clerk ; he was stated
to be the holder of it, and became petitioning credi-
-1 tor, at whose instance a commission of hankrnpt issued
i against the plaintiff on the 154 of January last. The
grounds on which lie should cunte•id that the coin-
, mission ought uut to stand were, first, that there was
I no petitioning creditors' debt; and, secondly, that no
act of bankruptcy had•been committed.
Dr. Reece sworn.—He stated that ■t the time the
Jtill for 100/. was drawn, the plaintiff was indebted to
him upwards of 100/. for goods supplied before the
partnership s•u entered into. He remembered the
plaintiff afterwards coming to the Medical Hall, Pic-
cadill•, about the 11th ofJatittary last, to inquire from
him if the holder.of the bill for 1001. which was then
overdue, was proceeding against him; he said a per-
son like a sheriff's officer had been twice to his house,
and he w•as determined not to go home again.
Mr. Phillips proved havingogeceived the bill for 1001.
front Dr. Reece, and afterwards having got the money
for it from Adams.

Several witnesses proved that the plaintiff was re-
gnlarly attending his business, and was never denied.
Mr. tivaPtar addressed the Jury on the improbabili-
ties of the case as developed by the wheelers Dr.
Reece and Phillips.
The LORD JUSTICE was prqceeding to sum
up the evidence, when the Foreman of the Jury, to
save time of the Court, stated, that they were not sa-
tisfied as to the aet of bankruptcy.--Verdict for the
plaintiff.

Tat New RANK Nora.—The preamble of the Bill
introduced io the House of Commons, for the farther
prevention of forging and counterfeiting Bank-notes.
farnillies a general description of the new note, which
is about to he issued by the Bank of England. It re-
cites that—" As well for the prevention thereof, as to
facilitate the detection of the same, the tiovernor and
Company of the Bank of England hare, after great am.
sideration, labour, and elpence, formed a sew plan he
printing Bank-notes, in which the ground work of each
Bank-note will be black or coloured, or black mud
coloured litre work, and the words Bank of England'
will be pldeed at the top of each Banknote, in whip'
letters upon a black *able, or dark ground. suck groats
containing white lines intersecting each other, &MA*
annierical amount or suss of each Beak-note in the be*
of the note will be printed in black and red rssisOst
work, and the bock teased note will distinct!" show ilie
°fat - -4 isepresseess."—Tbe
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