The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

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relle. Up to the 24th of December, 1852, the prisoner
had had goods from his uncle to the value of £lO7, but
hXd paid for part of them, leaving a balance of £96. On,
the 23d of Deeemhpr_ 1R7,91. nri.annor }lntl o five. of h;a honors

and shop in Paradise-street, and a great portion of his
goods and papers were burnt. He then removed what
aved of his goods and papers, and commenced busi-
,ther shop. His goods were insured for £2,000,
--0 company refused payment, and the
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—....encect an action against thein. In-February,
1853, the prisoner called his creditors together at Birming-
ham. He stated to them that his liabilities were £1,600,

and that he had assets to pay 20s. in the pound. On that
occasion the debt to his uncle was left a blank, but it was
stated to be about £lOO, which was not very far from the
true amount. From the time of the fire to the 26th of
May, 1853, the prisoner got more goods from his uncle,
making the total value £l2B odd, but he had paid £4O on

account, leaving the real amount due £BB 3s. 101 d. The
nisoner's action against the insurance company was re-
'erred to arbitration. In July, 1853, he was awarded

e costs of the reference 'were thrown upon

, interrupting, said such statements
nt, and might only prejudice the case.
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....eung of his cre-
,re stated to be £l,BOO. On
the prisoner wrote to his uncle, desiring
its debt to be £3OO. On the 23d of August
applied for the protection of the court of
'nd a private meeting was appointed for the
—.i.ember. On the same day the prisoner wrote
to his uncle, desiring him to make his debt amount to
£4OO. On the Bth of September, the prisoner filed his
statement of accounts, in which the debt due to Louis
"everelle was put down at £4OO. On the 16th September,
prisoner wrote to his uncle anM' - • desiring

letter,
Ann to put his books in order, as there were rogues about
who said many things. On the 29th- of September, one
of his creditors, Mr. Michael Hamilton, came over to
Liverpool and applied to the court of bankruptcy to have
a special inquiry made into the prisoner's affairs. On the
20th September, the prisoner's goods and papers were
handed into the custody of the official assignee. October
the 3d was the day appointed for the private inquiry, and
at which the perjury he was charged with was committed.
The official assignee had written to Mr. Louis Peverelle
for a statement of his account, and it was then that the
latter made the false entries in his books, which made
his debt appear £lOO. Not satisfied with this, the official
assignee asked Louis Peverelle to furnish his invoices, and
then the latter furnished the false invoices. On the 28th
of October, the prisoner filed his balance-sheet at the
bankruptcy court, in which he stated his uncle's debt to
be £4OO, not having been informed of the discovery of
the fraud ; but, as the court knew it, he was not examined
upon oath as to the truth of the balance-sheet. On the
15th and 17th November, Louis Peverelle was examined,
and disclosed the frauds which had been committed. On
the 7th December, the prisoner filed his amended balance-
sheet, in which the true amount of the debt was stated.
The prisoner had been missing, since that time, until
within a few weeks ago, when he was arrested, examined,

and committed for trial. Now, the question was whether
the prisoner had committed that perjury with the inten-
tion of defrauding his creditors, and to defeat the pro-
visions of the bankrupt law.
The first witness called was
John Yate Lee, registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy
for the Liverpool district,who deposed that he produced the
file of proceedings in the bankruptcy of Joseph Peverelle,
amongst which was the petition of Joseph and Mary
Peverelle, dated August 23rd, 1853, asking for protection,
also account of debts and goods, dated Bth September, and
signed by both the prisoner and his wife. [His Lordship
asked why the wife had signed P Witness replied that it
was the custom to allow the solicitors in charge of the case
to please themselves in such a case. His Lordship re-
marked that such a proceeding was quite irregular, and
showed a want of knowledge of a common point of jaw.]
The witness also produced the various documents sworn
to before the Commissioners, and referred to in the ad-
dress of Mr. Bliss, which were read by the officer of the
court.