The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-04 00:00:00

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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, J•ur. 3.

James Rite appeared, for the purpose of obtaining
Lis discharge. Ile was opposed be Mr. Norris, so far as
tegarded the debt of a man nano:d Wright, who was a
It: Arr. It appeared, that when the insolvent become
ewitarrassed in his circumstances, an extent was put into
Ids house by order of the Board of Excise, for the pay-
ment of King's duties, and that when the furniture anti
effects were to be sold, he employed Wr'ght to buy in
several of the articles on his account. 11 right, in his
et Wore, statedAkat he bad attended the sale, and pnr-
ehas.d these artit, for which he paid upwards of:101.
and that he suffered them to remain on the preusises,
considering them to be the property of the iusolvent.
He said that the insolvent, at the time be emunds-
%holed bins to do this business. declared that he was in
lee:session of ;2001., and owed his landlord no more than
three or tour pounds. Not heinF able to get his money
afterwards front Rice, he bad him arrested. The Fina-
-1 •;-.I being next called, said that itit-e owed him, at thr
time of his failure, about 151 Under these eirentit-
set aces, Mr. NORRIS SUblmittell to the Clout, that, as the
in-tivent had used false representations, the debt of
Wrielst should be excepted.
'rite CommtssioNee said, he saw no groorol whatever
fir excepting this debt ; Mr. Wright must e;••tie in as a
con•mon creditor, and the insulveut inns: he d'seltargeti.
Joh Besser was nest opposed by un the
gronod of concealment of property.
It appeared- that, in the month of Oember, ISIS, the •
• tal% rot had opened a noMivnolraper's shop, and, after
.tr ing on business little more then six months, fail.
eJ to the amount of more than two thous:tail pounds.
to being asked how he none to contract debts exceed-
ing 1.44/01. he sai I he never received arc profits, hut
t.•-minced heavy losses ita ;al the 'ethics he sold; the
prices charged to him for the goods, which he had on
credit, were 20 or 30 per cent. wore titan those he 'ob-
tained for those which 11,• tole. lie said, the chief cause
of this was, that the general mourning which tool: place
on a:eonnt of the death of the Queen, greatly injured
his business, and prevented the sale oft the poi's; a very
'mall proportion of the goods be had were black. lie
had pledged various articles, the gross amount of the
first cost of which was about 440. Ile hail lost above
t!tall. by these; he never redeemed them, but gave the
thrtlirates to another.
't he CoymtsstoNxas asked, if the general mourning
*as the cause of his losses, how he at., a anted for the
quantity 14 goods he got when the general mourning
was over To this he could give no sati,fartury weaver.
Mr. PoLLocu here said, that goods to the at:..mitt of
tttia. were brought in before the death of the Queen
Mr \ousts asked how it happened that his hou, vista('
expenditure amounted to :::tOl. in six inanths? The in-
luirent answered, that he had hiiuu'ehi, a housekeeper, a
shopman, and a porter to keep. Mr. Noents then ob-
served, that the insolvent had stated, in his balance
OW, sereral sums as being paid whialt he had never
paid to the parties. The insolvent had nut any of his
receipts by him.
The COMMISSIONER asked 11r. Norris if he conld show
that there had been any concealment of property; Mr.
IN. said, it must be inferred, front the Lab:nee sheet, that
there trap some kind of concealment. On being asked
nbat he had done with his furniture. the insolvent said he
had no furniture ; all the furniture in his house belonged
to a Mr. files; and when lie shut up shop, and went
wesy, files took all the furniture as Lis own. Being
asked who this Mr. Vilvs was, he answered that he be-
loved to Drury-lane Theatre ; he believed he was a
performer; and on being questioned still further, he
said be etiiht be a dancer at the Theatre. lie arnica
having sail to one of his creditors that be would take
• whatever be could, and pay them all by three months
impritt; cent..
The CoNAtestosiett said, the insolvent should not
have his discharge until Mr. Files came into Court to
be examined.
When the insolvent shut np shop, and after be was in
enstotly, ;;;• removed the goods to tile house of a tailor
in St. James'astreet ; he afterwards sold the goods
while It: was in prison; they were brought to hint
while be was in the littka of the King's Bench. lie
remove:l them, in order that they might not be clen in
execution. One of the creditors wanted to have the
guoik.bllt the insolvent would not give them up, except
to the %%hole of the creditors togeth-r. After various
other questions put to the insolvent, the Commissioner
dered hint to be remanded until %lies should be brought
up as a witness.

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