SUPREME COURT.— This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1501, 2 December 1874, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.— This Day.

SITTINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.

(Before Sir George A. Arney, Knight, J&* Justice.) jjjli A special sitting of the Ooud; ™%kss this morning for the purpose ot m investigation of the case of George^ Jun. »/iloct) His Honor took his seat at e*s JJ(jor and the case having been called, Mr '» mick commenced to cro3S-exatnme_tn & rupt as to certain transactions d himself and Mr Thome sen.,^hicn vx the commercial position of botn, i j 25th December to January 4. A««.* ffa3 of tin plates, the bankrupt ahoW sent to Sydney, consigned to" 1?' t hosß the 11th November. So far as he know, { goods weire not realised at tM» 0 declaration of bankruptcy. W ** 2 nd, < in the accounts under date_ Jaiw . I 1874, as unclosed ventures. He v wit h ' i his father' with the goods, ana a Ued money supplied on account ot a ds ff ere | the Patan.a Farm. Part of the g Ot i, on account of the occupier, S^ o k tt» In the agreement Sandford• »£fL m at» , management and making of tne , salary from Mr. Thome, sen.. clause of the agreement whicn * ; Sandford to trade. this clause, ig His Honor remarked upon t^&sfatf uggested that it might Pf 1' hi disput«!d liability for the goods W

-o^\ r^^g. here produced an account tf^fthe father of the bankrupt in J^llt bankrupt was credited with the *iich tthe eoods supplied to the farm. _ ef!trnnt stated that he had received eb „t and as he found his father *be,.fThim'with the money and goods, he I cr(id' tes?t was correct, and had debited his 1 . aßsamea» accounte d for the discrepancy. I fs?/VcCormick said he did not wish to go Mrr e very item. What be wanted to tbroU€n» whether he (witness) had not paid Iffoß account of the farm the sum of hi -«? fid This the bankrupt refused to f22 > Mr McCormiek said his object was * how that the bankrupt had shown a i 0 j„ipnt preference to his father before the Some further items, includ- • Lone others a shipment of timber, ISS £583 18s 2d, a parcel of A.S.N. Sshares, were gone into. Most of these pre admitted as correct by the bankrupt. ? he balance was however disputed. The .Zeotances on the debit side were for goods hich his father bought and paid for on his Tcount The drafts were payable at the Bank of Jew South Wales in Auckland. Mr M'icCormick tried to extract an answer t„ the question whether when the bankrupt remitted two sums of £300 and £200 to Sydney on the 16th and 18th December. He did not know that the bank in Auckland held the bills which bad been discounted by his father. The bankrupt said he knew the bank held the bills. (Left sitting,)