Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-10-06
Dated,
Virginia, Coun'y, 10 ,cia:

prgimd, Coun,y, 10 ,ci!:
rms day personally appeared before the sub
scriber, ajustce of the peace in and for the coun-
y aforesaid, Ior, commissioner in bankruptcy for
She county aforesaid, as the case may be) the a.
bove named a. B.--and solemnly swore Tor af.
hrmed, as the case may be, )-that the matters
set forth in the foregoing peltion-and the sub
9omed ist and Inventory, are true 10 the best of
ms knowledge and belief. Given under my hand
(Or-C. ID. Comr. in Bank."r,Sy
as the case may be.)
List of A. B's Creditors, their respective rla-
ces OF residence, and amour: due 10 each TO wit:
(Elere insert the list) Signed A. ID.
Inventory of A. BIS. property, rights and cred
its of every name, kind, and description, apd
the location and situation OF each and every par
Gel and portion thereof, TO wit
(Elere insert !hem) Signed A. b.
ID. Form of petition for a creditor who seeks
TO have his debtor declared bankrupt.
Go the Hon., &c. as in the first petiiion)
The petition of A. Il. of in the county Of
and State, District, or Territory Of
(asthe case may beg as we'll for himself as for all
other Creditors Of c. ID. of in the county
of and State of
Humbly complaining, sheweth unto your Hon
or. that the said q. ID. being a merchant--or, ac-
tually using the trade of merchandise, or being a
retailer of merchandise, or being banker, factor,
broker, underwater, marine insurer-(as the
case may beg and owing debts to the amount Of
$4,000 and upwards, and being indebted 10 your
petitioner in the sum Of $--[it must be at
least $500, except when two more creditors
unite in the same petition, whose claims togeth-
or, amount TO that sum, due by account Cor by
bill, note, bond judgment, or otherwise, as the
case may be,) did lately, to wit, on tile
day OF In the year commit an act Of
bankruptcy within the true intent and meaning Of
the law concerning bankrupts, by departing with
intent to defraud his creditors, from the State of
(or District of Columbia, or, Territory of
as the case may be)--of which he was an
inhabitant, Tor, by concoaling himself to avoid
being arrested in such case---!escrbng 1t par
tcaiariy ;-or, by willingly or fraudulentIy pre-
curing himself TO be arrested, or his goods and
chattels, lands, or tenements, TO be attached, dis
kained, sequesered, taken in execution i'm such
lease, particularly describing it;---or, by reno
wing his goods, chattels and effects, concealng
them TO prevent their being levied upon or taken
IN execution, or by any other process; Gas the
case may be)~-or, by making fraudulent con-
Ieyance, assignment, sale, gilt, other trans
Ter, OIL his lands, tenements, goods or chattels,
credits, or evidences of debt, the case may be,
and specifying the nature Of the transfer SO made
and to whom made] and that the said G.. ID. is a
Iesldent OF the Western District of Virginia, Cor
Hlath his place of business at in the Wes-
tern District of Virginia, as The case may be.)
tour petitioner therefore prays that the said
C. ID. may be declared TO be bankrupt by a de-
cree OF your court, and that such other and fur
cher proceedings may be had in the premises as
may be consistent with the ordinances and provi-
slons OF the statute, in such cases made and pro-
vided. ~
And your petitioner will ever pray, &c.
Signed A. b.
%. Feu'ions must be presented, motions made
and hearings had, in court, and not before the
Judge out Of court, unless as shall be special
ordered-But p'N'''
an. whist the court is not in session. pe,i.
lions may be filed, with the clerk of the conr,
who shall endorse upon them the style of the pro,
ceeding, the time when and by whom filed, and
tho order in which they were handed to him
they will then be taken up and considered, and
oocksted, or otherwise disposed Of, in the order
IN which they were lodged with the clerk. Otber
papers may also be filed with the clerk
o.n. party may appear for himself, or by al
oy, put no attorney will be permitted to APP
poaI, VINO has not been qualified to practise in
inc COURT or In the circuit court holden AT lewis
burg; nor Until he shall have entered with Tho
clerk OF the court in his Office his name and place
OF abode. and nearest post-office.
9Th. When service Of any order or notice il TO-
quired--it may be made upon the party himself
or on his attorney.
18th. When notice TO creditors or Others is 10 be
published, it shall be the duty of the party, or
whose petition the order was made, to cause the
notice 10 be published as ordered; bu; the cost,