APPEAL COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 9

APPEAL COURT.

Argument in the case of Guinness and Lo Cren, Ltd., v. William Quinn will bo heard 1 this morning. . . . . ..,-.. : : SUPREME COURT.i i BREACH OF BANKRUPTCY ACT. His Honour Mr. Justice Cooper sat at 10 a.m. on Saturday. . ■. . , John Rowan, who had been found guilty of a breach of tho.Bankruptcy Act in that i he did within two years before the prosonta- ! tion of tho petition on which he was adi judged bankrupt fraudulently remove part -, of his property of the valuo of £10 or up- . wards, was sot forward. ■■■•■• Evidence as to prisoner's character ■;. was [ given. . . ; i Mr. Wilford said that prisoner had a i wifo and child dopendont on him. During I the past twenty years, ho had held many ro- • sponsiblo positions both in Australia and in i New Zealand. As an'instanco, he pointed out ; that Rowan was tho head foreman of works ■ in-connection with tho new railway station in i Adelaide, which had cost £300,000. ■■ In rel cognition of the efficient manner in which .■ he had performed, his duties a testimonial , was presented to him by the public. :. Tho: i fact that he had becomo a bankrupt would, , for some timo be a serious handicap to him , in his trado relations. Rowan had:- dono. ; everything he .could to assist the.Official . Assignee. Counsel thought, the case was ono ; to which, from its merits, tho. provisions'..of ' the Probation Act would apply. ... •■■..-,. , Mr. Myers pointed out that, prisoner • had i not given tho police or the Official Assignee i any information relative to the- cases- of . goods seen at the house occupied .by. .him; ■ previous to hisjeparture for Sydnoy. ..'.-, Mr. Wilford said he had advised prisoner • not.to givo any information about his affairs. ' until the case was over. . ■".,... ' Prisoner asserted that the boxes did'ndt ' belong to him,.but wore" the property of a '. Mrs. Nelson.' ■' •■■■•*' 1 . Mr. Myers said it was arguable 'whether insurance moneys received since* flie petition ' was filed woro protected'under'the Act. His Honour said tho point did not corno , up for consideration when argument in the case was* being heard. As prisoner was, , strictly speaking, a first offender,- and had ; aways borne a good character, he ,wbuld ad- , mit him to probation for on , the following conditions,' viz:: ■ •(!) that ho ( paid the costs of the prosecution 'in ■'• four equal instalments within the ensuing 'twelvo. ' months, and (2) that ho gave the Official ! Assignee all necessary, information relative \ to his affairs. -.'».. .• v .';•■ i No cases have, so far, been set/down for I hearing to-day. , • ' .. ■-. V-'-