The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-23 00:00:00

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i • Jiter James Colgehoon chartered s..teessiasditir.vidib,"
gat fishing stores, and pet * the,- screw "stillistesle• el
milliard, .
' Mr. Nuccles--.-1 have had ships sent to Botany ihry and
Tan Diemen's Land without fishing stores,' whiCh were
The persons
. there for the South whale fishery.
The persons chartering provided the stores. 1 bare also,
*hen. part owner. and the other owner refusing to bore
slay thing. to do with the fishing trade, provided thC fish
'lag stores, and paid him a per tonnage for the oil carried
I home.
• Captoin John Lash was at New South Wales, and knew
it•to be usual for charterers to pet the stores, on boar/LI
et their own expense. When they return, the fishing
.stritee are all taken out, and the oil sent to England as,'
mere.hintlia-..; sometimes in the lame "hip. 1 have known '
:one Instance.
Captain Fisher, Hying on the Terkshire toast, knew
that the owner and master of vesseli for the herring
,fisbery itroviried one share of the nets, and the crew the
other. ln; the Yarmouth herring fishery the owner,
mister, °crew, and merchant, provided shares respectively
of the nets and salt.
The Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, found e
special verdict, to be drawn trp in due form afterwards, and
one shilling damages. -

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Morroar, Dsc. 22.
Francis Clayton &meekly, a student of the University of
Oxford, came up to be heard on his petition. He wee,
not opposed. It appeared. that he was married two years;
ago, since when he sold a reversion, to which bis wife was
entitled, to Mr. Smith, a tea dealer% in Fenriourch street,'
for 1101. t and a contingent revereonary interest of his seal
Wins father for 4,0110 L; all of which be spent within the
two years. and went io debt besides.
The Cour Commission's observed. that if tradesmen
intrusted extravagant young men at college with valuable
vehicles and horses, &c., they must expect to lose their
money. No opposition being offered. the Court ordered
'the insolvent to be discharged.
Richard Jones was opposed by Mr, Heath, for Mears.
Price and Gould, and other creditors. The opposition wee
instituted by "the Society for the Opposition of Praudi-
lent Debtors." The insolvent, who was a grocer, stated
that the debts in his schedule commenced with the earl
part of 1822, in the April of which year he lost 2421. bg
his shop in W bitecross Street. His debts now amount
to 5451., all of whirl), except about 201., had been incorl,
slaw April. 1822. He was asked how a lose of 2421.
cursed before that period could account for the disposal
repri!ty he afterwards oistained from his creditors to
tha amount of 5201.2 He said he eciblii not explain it.
Ha went on to state, that in 1822 he took a shop at Edge. 1
ware; and although be bail assigned over all his property
fir the benefit of his creditors, lie did not mention that
circumstance to 3lessrs. Price and Gould when he obtained
goods of them, because he was not asked any thing about
it. He was arrested on the 11th of November, by a
person named Waters, who held his acceptance for 301.
He obtained the last credit of Mean.. Plies and Gould in
September last, and in Qq:ober be paid out of the
proceeds of the stock 30L (tor .money borrowed) to his'
brother, who was gone to the country. About the same
'time he paid 301. to a waiter at Symond's Inn Coffee
House. named Collet. for money borrowed also. The baton
which he was arrested was given to Collet's brother, who
keeps the above coffee boost, abcnt 15 months before, It
was drawn at three months after date, and Collet molar°
rash for it. He also paid another creditor, named Sher-
wood, 181., in October last. In the month of September
hisiltoti was broke. into and robbed of property to the
amount of 451. Ile did not give notice of this robbery at
'any police office, or to any magistrate or constable, but he
Mentioned it W a member of " a society for the ioppressioa
If thieves," who gave him the copy of a handbill, offering]
inside Ai reward of 101., which be pasted his shop wiedoll.
The robbery was effected by taking out a pane of glass, nno
breaking a panel of one of the window-shutters ; bet he
mold net say on what day it took place.
It appeared that the insolvent received notice of opposl.,
'Bon 10 days ago, upon which lie moved for leave to file al
new balancesheet. In this he inserted as item which be I
had omitted in the former one, of cash to the amount of',
851. in the hands of a person to his account.
Mr. Price stated, that in a conversation which he bad
with the insolvent a short time ago in the prison, he did
not say a single word, when accounting for the disposal of,
the stock, about the alleged robbery. He merely stated
that he bad sold the stock ; and when asked what be bad
done with the money. he replied," He could not live in the
prison without being at some expense."
The COURT were quite satisfied that a case of fraud bad
been clearly established against the ptisciner, even upon
his own showing (admitted all be said to be true, which
they were far frow believing); for, if be obtained oods of
his opposing creditors for We purpose of proceeding in the
ordinary way with bis trade, anti,tostead of so doing be
immediately sold them off, and handed over the protects to
other creditors withopt any pressure on their parts, this
was a fraudulent making away with his property. with in.
tent to defraud the rest of his creditors. Under these
circumstances, they ordered the insolvent to be remanded
for twelve calendar months, to be confined within the
waits ,of the prison, and nut within the rules or liberties
thereof.
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