INVERCARGILL. 20th June.
Bennett, the bankrupt, applied for his discharge in the District Court to-day, aod met with little favor from the Bench. An order to withhold it for three years was made; the bankrupt to be prosecuted for concealment under the Fraudulent Debtors Act. Mr. Matbewß, solicitor for tbe debtor, thought tbe bankrupt was sufficiently punished ; but Judge Harvey wag sternly inexorably and said be considered it was a public duty on the pirt of creditors to prosecute. The decision is much commented on here, as it is acknowledged on all bands tbat the law is being degraded by a certain clan of bankrupts.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 542, 21 June 1879, Page 2
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105INVERCARGILL. 20th June. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 542, 21 June 1879, Page 2
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