Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-04-24T00:00:00

rYCWtJnz "'ravens was opposen DY mr. rOLLOCK tr lessrs. Reid and Co., and Messrs. Barclay and Co., breWers- and by Mr. Toombs in person. The insolvent stated that he had lately kept a publicAhouse caUed the Hart and Plough, of whiclh Messrs. Reid and Co. were the land- lords. He had borrowed 2001. of a Mrs. Lock when about to corn- mncne business, and 1101. of his father, and had a little money also of his own, but *hwiM le was in treaty for the ptublc. house he did not inform his lanidlords that the whole of this capi- ta] was not his own ; consequently thev advanced him another 1OOL Afterbaving been in business some Uttle tirte, Mlrs. Locock pro- cured a warrant of attorney from him, wheteby she recovered her money. He disposed of the good-will of the house for iS51., and received altogether 3601. from the nevv tenant; of which he paid 401. to his father. His father had been for many years in the service of QIr. Couts. of Piccadilly, where he saved the money he had lent to the insolvent. He was a creditor in his schedule for the balance. AMF; Toombs stated that he had arreed to give the insolvent 1601. for the public-house, and paid him 201. as a deposit; the house was let to another, tnd the depositnever returned. The insolvent said that Mlessrs. Reid and Co. would not accept of MIr. Toomb as a tenart. The COURT ebserved, that that was no reason for not returning him his 201.; but that was not the point before them; They were of opinion that a clear case of undue preference and fraudulent transfer of property had been establis9ed against the insoltent, and therefore ordered him to be remanded for eight calendar months, and confined within the walls of the prison. tcreotiale J.Tar. Reading wvas not opposed; hut it appeared that he had been discharged undler theact in July last, when he omitted to tthe resent debtin hia schedule. In the latter end of July, 1 hepurcbaa. a quantity of watehes and jewellery for a person, who was to send them abroad to Sir Thomas 31aitland; bat the party to whom they were consigned absconded, and h%ad not since been heard of. In consequence of this transaction, the insolvent was indicted by the vendor of the goods, and acquitted, and there- fore it was, that he had omitted (by his attorney's advice) to insert the debt in his former schedule. * He never received the smaUest portion of the proceeds of the goods. The Court said, that the insolvent could not be discbarged witbh out theconsent of three-fourths of his creditors. Insolvent.,-Then I shall be consigned to imprisonment all the day of mv life. Thc of JRT said, that at the utmost his confinement would not exceed five years. Insolvent.-I shall not live balf the tine. I am now 72 years of age. The COURT informed him that he must comply with the order.- He was accordingly remanded. William Thi8sklto, a police.officer of Hatton-garden, was op- posed by Mr. POLLOCK for the late Sheriff, Messrs. Lucas and Thomson, under the vexatious litigation section. He went bail to the amount of 201. for Ford, the chief dlerk, for which sum, upon F'ordis default, he was suedw Ford took defence to the action for the insolvent, ahd afterwards absconded. The COURT ordered him to be remanded ,for 10 weeks from the date of filing his petition; which period will expire in about 10 days. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CC'IAT. FRIDAY. APILt 23.