Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-06-29T00:00:00

The insolvent was this day brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, his case having been invesiigated on the 11th inst., when it was alleged against him, and clearly proved, that he, by falsely representing himself' as the Private Secretary to the Miarquis of Co. nynghantl, obtained credit to a large amount. Mblr. COOKE (for lUr. Hieath, the counsel for the Society) appeared on behalf of Mir. Ginever, anti MSr. Tsao?soN snaS Mr. POLLOCX for thle insolvent. Mr. Ginever stated that hle lived at 17, Arundel-street, Panton. square. and was by trade a tailor. He had known the insolvent sonic time previous to the summer of 1823. wben hle owed witness 1161. 14s. Gd., for the pavment of which he made several inefrectual applications. About this time theinsolventcametohim,and stated that he had obtained an appointment as private secretary to the Mar- quis of Conyngham, and in order to enter upon his situation he stood in need of more clothes, and not only so but a ternporary supply of cash, and requested to be accommodateti with the loan of 601. ; and to silence all scruples, he produced a letter, purporting to be written bv the noble Marquis, and addressed to him, couched in the follow. tog terras, commencing '- My v dear Sir "or the witness would niot positively swear which) "hlgv dear ltunord~"- The Marquis Conynsham presents his compliments to Mtr. Rumford, and will meet him at tw o 'clock to-morrow in the Park. (Signed) "CONYNGHAD1. "Vindsor, August 14, 1823."N Envelope-" To R. Rumnford, Esq., 14, Queen's-row, WValworth.", The witness went on to state,that but for this representation, made so plausible and under the auspices of such a document, he would not have enlarged his credit one shilling, but hI bad become a credi- tor for upwards of 2201. William Franc, foretnan to last witness deposed as to the produc. tion of the letter by the insolvent, which he partly read. He knew that his master, froos this circumstance, not only advanced the mioney, but furnished-hiis wardrobe in a style fit to correspond with hisexalted station. After corroborating the foregoing evidence, the witness observed that lte frequenitly went to theleouttseof the insol- vent, who kept his footman, who wore a cockade ia lis hat, and the insolvent accounted for this, by observing that he was at liberty so to dlo on account of' the situation lie lield in the confidence of the no- bie Marquis. The harquis of Cosyngliam was then examined, and the follow- ing Is the substance of tiS Lordship's evidence :-I know nothing of the insolvent; I never recollect seeing hinm before to-day; he never was my secretary; nor did I ever make an appointment to meet him in the Park relative to such appointment, and never wrote to him in myl life. Air. COoKE.-Then I presume your Lordship need not be asked the question ns to whether you addressed him as "M Ily dear Sir," or 'l My dear Rumford." His Lordship, " Certainly, never." An envelope was here handed to lais lordship, addressed to the in. solvent as before described; whicl after nsinute inspection, he ad. mnitted to be his liand-writing. H?a Lordship went on to state, that as a Peer of Parliament he was in the constant habit of giving franks, and wltetn any member of the household presented them to him, h ei(loresed tlseni, without considering to whoin they were di. rected; heuice he signed the frank and direction to the insolvent. The enclosure was here asked for; but the insolvent had not got it to produice. Air. entlrlck, a draper, at Staines, Mliddlesex, was then nxamin- ed. The insolvent called on him and made similar representations as lie liad done to the first witness. I-e said he had frequent occa- sion to go to Windsor, owing to the situation lie held as. secretaty to the MarTQUis of Convntliam lie obtained cretdit to a larze amount frons Auigtst, 1828, io ihe end of the year, for rlch shawls,sarcenets, bombasin5s, &c. Dir. Thompson, of Friday-street, Cheapside, made a similar com- plaint under circumstances iaenl'r similar but it appeared that he as well as the last witness; who had no previoUs knowledge of the insolvent, continued to give him eredit, after, by their own statec ment, doubts existed on their minds as to the trath of the represen. tations made by the prisoner. The ConULT adjudged that the insolvent be remanded for 18 calendar months from the date of filing his petition, and that he be confined within the walls of the prlsons and deprived of aU its rules and liberties, for fraudulently contracting debts. Jamnes Osborne, for a like fraud, was remanded for the same term and under the same restrlctiont, INSflLVEN'P 1)1TRTC)RS' COUThT. .tiItv Vf. TllE MlETRlOPOLITAN SOCIETY FOR PROSECUTING AND OPPOSINO FRAUlDULENT DEBTORS, ON BEHALF OF Gl. NEVER AVn AnTltAR-R V. nnnTnIr WIrTFfPnnn. J ITlTM13 MrT.