The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1886-10-23 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

GEORGE DYER.  The debtor in this case ;as a farmer at Flymyard Farm, Bromborough, and is son-inlaw to Robert Travis, who is now undergoing a sentence of penal servitude for life for the murder of Mrs. M'lntyre, in Mersey-road, Rock Ferry, by the defence of whom Dyer alleges he was compelled to file his petition. Mr. J. S. Smith (Hore, Monkhouse, and Here, Liverpool) represented the trustee (Mr. Robert Jones) ; Mr. W. H. Quilliam. Liver. pool, appeared for the debtor; and Mr. T. Etty, Liverpool, for Mr. R. B. Moore and Mr. Stewart, two of the creditors. Mr. Smith: The debtor was ordered at the last examination to file an amended cash account.  Mr. Qualiam : He was ordered to do nothing of the sort. It was left for the trustee to investigate matters. Mr. Smith: The trustee has examined the cash statement, and it is not altogether satisfactory to him, inasmuch as no dates are given In course of his examination by Mr. Smith, the debtor said he could not fill in the dates as he had not got them. In answer to Mr. Etty the debtor said he had paid two sums of 05 and £147, the former to a Mr. Wright, and the latter to a Mr. Williams, but he could not swear whether he paid them this or last year. Mr. Etty (holding up a piece of paper): Do you see this receipt ?—There is no date on the receipt. Will you swear that the money was paid this year will not swear. There is another receipt from Mr. Bell Williams for £147. Will you swear that the money was paid this year? Mr. Quilliam : He has already answered the question in a previous examination. , Mr. Etty: I want this very strictly; and I may tell you, Mr Dyer, that if we can prosecute you we will. The Debtor: I think it is you who ought to be prosecuted for putting those letters into the newspapers about poor Travis. Mr. Etty: He ought to have been hung. The Registrar: Look here, Mr. Dyer, you must answer the questions put to you and make no retort. If there are any improper remarks made twill interfere.  Mr. Etty: I do it as a caution. The Debtor: It is very hard for me to be addressed in this way. The Registrar: Do not make any observations upon the subject, but answer the questions. No doubt it is very hard, and I quite sympathise with you in your painful position. In answer to further questions put by Mr: Etty, the debtor said he had received a suns of £2OO from a Mr. Grant, money lender, Castle-street, Liverpool, the interest upon which was £4O. He did not pay any of the money back. On the Ist of January he had a surplus of about 1:740. He valued his farnitale at £6O, and his implements at between £4O and £6O. He had about one hundred sheep worth about 30s. each, and about twenty-five head of cattle, worth about £l2 each. At that time he had a number of horses, but some time ago he lost a stallion worth £l5O, a mare worth £25, and two foals worth £l5 each. He had put down in his statement of affairs unsecured creditors £9Bl, but he could not tell what amount was owing before the let of January, 1886. In answer to Mr. Quinlan', the debtor said that he had a quantity of hay and straw, straw, which he valued at I:200, in addition to the £740 in question. The examination was adjourned for a , month.