Evening journal., 1892-06-16

Atlantic Refining Company. $5e05 |
Anthony McNelly $3.50 Capelle Hard
ware Company, S51i3
Lewis q. Nandegrift and Colonel |
Benjamin Nields represented Helmrath. |
Willard Salisbury. Jr. and Hon. Charles
b. Lore represented the judgment credi-
tors
ln opening the case for Holmrath |
Lewis e. Nandegrift informed the jury
that thero were three questions TO bo
decided
First-Did the Charles Mullin Com
pany contemplate insolvency at the time
IL voluntarily confessed the judgments
by amicable agreements
Sccond-lf the company by voluntarily
coniessing. contemplated to prefer the
creditors to whom said judgments were
confessed aud did the company attempt
Go secure and pay IA greater amount than
IL could pay its creditorsY
Third-Did they confess the Judgments
10 defraud their creditors
vandcgrin Charges Fraud.
He called Frank G. Carpenter. paying
tellor OF Union National Bank lie
testified that notes of the Charles
Mulln Company were pro.
tested in 1891 prior 20 confessing
the many judgments. thereby. tending
20 show that the company was insolvcnt
at the time iho amicable agroomont was
made
Edmund r. White of the firm OF White
! 6 Thompson gpat skin brokers of phila.
j delphin. testified chat he had Judgment
/ against the company lie was hrst ap.
/ priaed of the failure Nv Telegram be
saw In philadelphia Ho came to
| this city Charles Mullin referred him
20 his attorney. Willard Salisbury Jr..
who told him that he had advised Mul.
/ lin TO confess Judgment 20 his smaller
/ creditors, AS they would give him more
/ trouble than his big creditors
White Is the man who was hanging
around the factory seeing that no goods
were removed. when ho was arrested as a
suspicious character
While arguing ma objection 60 a portion
Of Whites testimony, Mr. Nandegrift
said
"This isa case Of fraud These assets
were placed at Sl2 000 $4,000 Of
from my clients They used tho
/ process of the court TO fraudulcntly
apply these skins 20 the payment of tho
claims Of the preferred Judgment credit
ors.
lie stated that Whites Judgment was
49, SSS 81. entered this morning Helm
raths Judgment is for ST. 71i150
White said that he thought the action
Of Mr. Salisbury I'M not exacting n fee
from him was conduct unbecominga law
yer
John Henry Lyons, salesman for
keene sutterloe q Co. testified that Mr.
salisbury told him that the skin men
would not get judgment
William Helmrath. the plaintiff, then
took the stand He said that he was
member of the keene Sutterlee Com
pany Whom he withdrew from the
firm, he had claim against
It, He took the notes of the Charles
Mullin Company as part payment, and
entered suit for his claim after the com
pany failed
The Conviction Not shown.
The plaintiff then rested his case, and
Hon Charles B. Lore opened for the de-
fenso. He claimed that there had not
been a scintilla of evidence 10 show
connection between the plaintiff and the
Judgment creditors, and asked the court
to SO instruct the jury This the court
refused to do, and ordered him 10 go ON
with his ease.
Willard Salisbury, jr, then explained
TO the jury that the judgments were con
fossed because the smaller creditors
could not afford to lose their money as
well as the big creditors could
Carlisle Gets His Claim.
A jury Of inquisition was drawn TO try
the case of JamesV Carlisle q Co. VS. James
T. Newman. The company had already
secured Judgment The action arose
from promissony note drawn by James
f. Newman, endorsed by samuel j.
Newlin The original claim was $596 49,
The jury awarded the plaintiffs the orr
ginal claim and interest. amounting TO
S62S A.
The general jury was then discharged
from further attendance.
New Land Company Formed.
The Glynrich Land Company was re.
Gently organized under char
ter granted by the last General
Assembly The capital stock Of the or
ganization is $4,000 The direc-
tors are Henry C. Conrad William
Taylor H. H. Browne, Hugh c. Browne
and e. NJ Giles 1t is the intention Of
the company to transact business all over
/ the Peninsula