The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

• 1 FROM TUESDAY'S 6-AZETt E.
• BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
C. A.Voll. late of Worcester. printer and publisher; from
Dec..lo. tor the space of 0 dove.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERRF.DED. •

1.. W. Williams, o.ti Railer, stint House keeper.
BANKRUPTS. . .
J. Bailey, Liverpool. reereltatd, to surrender Jan. S, 6, and
e 7, at the tleorge Inn. Liverpool. Attorneys. Messrs. J. and
11. 14we, dquthaurpton bulmings, Chancery lane; and Messrs.
Orred, Los*, entl'llurry, Liverpool. .
. W. Firrer. Friday street, Cheepside. tictneller, Den. 90,
Jill. 3, and gnit Resinahall street. Attorneys;klessrs.Spence
Rad Desborough.Sise lane, London.
J. %Vegeta, Worcester, saddler, Dee. 49, 30. and Jan. 27,at
the Roth Deer Inn. %Worcester. Attorneys. Mr. (lillam. Wor-
cester; zudjblesses. Cardale, Dolton, and Parlby, tlra)'s inn,
London. '.:
J. liolbriolv, Derby, grocer, Jan. 2. 3. and 21. at the king's
Anse T • Derby. Attorolls.. Mr. Creases, Derby ; and
Wragg, Me Marie lane. St. panl 's.
• .1. Sysater.Norwich. bombazine manorecturer. Dec. 30. 31,
and Jan. 97. et the Castle Inn. Norwich. Aitor .eys, Messrs.
Taylor and Roscoe. Kb g's Bends walk, Temple ; and Sless:s.
Parkinson and Meg, Norwich. '
It. Resets, Stockport, Cheshire, shopkeeptr. Dec. 2&, 30,
and Jan. ET. at the Red Lion Inn, Heaton Nofris. Lsnenshire.
Attorneys, Messrs. J. Lowe and Son, Southampton Imildi sgs,
Chancery Mr, London ; end Messrs. Newton and Winterbot-
lem, Stockport. •
(Dividends, dc. to morrow.)

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COURT FIY COMMON P1X.1,4, iicitnnatt, Dec. 16.
!MICR r: Maßstl AND DIVERS. •
argeast Vetrun4s stated that WS was sec anon to
N,ca„geus. sci.„.lo/. frame -Use .4•Cendintd.i. r. 49 ht,
Bankers in fantlaii..The plaititiffis a surgeon, and ',mike.'
e diefenalante• fur elf years. He • deposited -email
son* money as Ise-received them, and they delivered to
bier sr t was called, a " pass•boak" to satisfy himself re.
@peeing the several entries. Bat having once given such
a book to a person banking at the house, no hanker ought
to make any subsequent alteration in it without apprist.ig
the party of the circumstance by due notice. Surely no
banker's clerk had a right to do so withont giving notice
of the fact to the customer. In the present case, however.
he had to complain of this having bien done. On the 10 I.
of August a stun of it IL 10.. was paid into the banking
house, by order of the plaintiff, with directions that an
entiy should be made in the pass-book. The pert sn vilio
took it would prove the fact, and state that the hank notes
and sovereigns were coanted by the clerk, who made an
entry in the book of Sit. 10$. Credit was also given for
that mum in tbe bankers' honk; but now it was to he con-
tended on the other side, that this was a mistake, and
that the entry ought to be only for 31/. 104. It was quite
impostible that the figure S could be mistaken for the
figure 3, sad, therefore, there • could be nothing like a
clerical oversight in the transaction. Beet a principal
feature in the case was, as to the time when the mistake
eras first discovered. Sot a word was said about it for some
time, and the book had passed and repassed frequently
in the interval. The defendant had the plaintiff's address,
and could always m ske Min out, yet they never apprised
him of the fact till the middle of January, though the
aliened error in the entry had taken place in August. The
finalintimation of the circumstance was Rivet% to the
,plaintiffon the 14th of January, when he discavereal an
erasure in the pass-book, making the sane 311. lOs. instea I
81/.los. the amount pail in. The Learned Sergeant then
obmared that the question for the Jury to consider was,
whetter the clerk of the defendants was negligent, or the
plaintiff guilty of fraud in the tran3ainion.
hlin Henry Raggs, a little boy, the servant of the
pleintili. stated that on the day in question he mathis
matites at the house of a 51r. It infield, where his master
pa a arced in the pass book, and sometime afterwards
to the witness, and desired him to take it to the
de OW banking house. tritn^ss to sk the b sok in his
ha And it bulged ow. He carried it in that state to the
hQnse. lie saw there a clerk named Watson; ai,
haiis: 'pearl's understood. Wit 11.44 gave hiM the book.
Wit eilis said nothing ter hint. W attain looked at the book,
took oat the notes, untsvi'veri them, and weighed the sove-
reign). Watson weighed the tovereigne altogether, and
asked witness if he kiwi* the sinatint of the Whole sum, and
witness said 4e di.' no'. Watson wrote something in the
passbook, and witness then took it to his matter: Mr.
tliegory looked at the entry amide in the bOok. Mr. Ore•
gory is 'assistant to nit ness's matter. 'Witness went after-
wards to the banking house with What his master 'calls
afratts. He is sure he tarok the same book, on One oreeslon.
lie Went in January and made a ineuntritnditm, which he
gave to his master. (%Vitnetn here identified the utemoran•
dpite.) Ile Aceived the book at the banking house On the
pith January, and nri observationt were then made to him
respecting an entry.' Oo the tame day lee' head back agate
t 6 thy hapkiug bdase, by order of his mister, and saw.:s
sleek, named Golightly, to whom he stated that his Master
desired hint to say that an alteration had been made in his
bask of 31 for 81. liolifekly then said that be did nest
kneiv by whom it was attired. Witness asked him to a e:te
a note, which he Might take as en answer to his master,
but the Other refuted. Witn-s1 said that he Mao. ItUow
ss hat swirscient unestier to take to his Master. and•Ooligh•ly
;Gls coroaltoil with Watson, when the latter gave witar4,
ape 'lint paper, which he took to his master.
'trtrie4titaitiinuti acilet its Which the sbverelkne
weer witched "vete not very large. Witneis saw /Weimar
vitt qt/two uldisle looking notes. Could not say athelhee
tliii wire tsio hr 'mare. The witness teas here—celled upon
stn identity Mr. Watson) but be said that lee could not,