A FARMER'S BANKRUPTCY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
ASHBURTON, 6th May. In the Magistrate's Court, Robert M'Whinney, a farmer at Fairfield, pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed for trial on five charges of breaches of the Bankruptcy Act: (1) Failing to keep proper books; (2) making a material omission in a statement in not disclosing that he had a lease of certain lands; (3) not disclosing all his property or how it was disposed of; (4) being privy to the falsification of a document relating to his property and affairs; (5) that with intent to conceal the true state of affairs he omitted to keep proper books or accounts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 108, 7 May 1926, Page 10
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110A FARMER'S BANKRUPTCY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 108, 7 May 1926, Page 10
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