SUPREME COURT.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1271, 15 April 1878, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

SITTINGS IN CHAMBERS. Friday, April 12. [Before His Honor Mr Justice Williams.] His Honur sat in tho Court Chambers at 11.30 a.m. RE MATTHEW HAWKINS LITTLE. On the application of Mr Slater, his Honor made an order for tho discharge of tho debtor. BE JOHN BARRITT AND JOHN PADGET. Tn those estates, on tho application of Mr Slater for Mr Izard, his Honor made an order for payment of costs out of the estate. DISCHARGES. Orders of dischargo were made in tho cases of William Trumble and Ji'dwin Bate. Both applications were by the debtors in person. RE GOODS OF MALCOLM GRAHAM, DECEASED, INTESTATE Mr George Harper, for Mr Thomas, applied for an order for leave to issue letters of administration to John Macintosh, Timaru, as attorney of Donald Graham, only brother and nearest of kin to deceased. Hi 3 Honor made the order. GOODS OF TETER MCDONALD, DECEASED, INTESTATE Mr Joynt applied for leave to issne letters of administration to Peter McDonald, as e'destson of deceased. His Honor pointed out that there was a widow in the case. The usual practice was that the widow should be cited and give her consent. However, he would make the order now, but i must not be understood to be taken as a precedent. WILL OF GEORGE THOMAS SCARBROTJGH, DECEASED. On the application of Air Duncan, probate was issued to Charlotte Scarbrough, as widow and executrix of the said deceased. JEFFREYS V. JEFFREYS AND OTHERS. In this ease Mr Slater applied under sect. M of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, appointing time and place of trial.. His Honor suggested that it would be best to try it before the Court in Wellington. Mr Joynt, who appeared for the co-respondent, said that his Honor Judge Johnston had tried a similar case himself in the circuit without a jury. After some argument, the case stood over until his Honor Mr Justice Johnston returned from Dunedin. LE COMTE V. STEWART. In this case the issues were settled for trial. The time and place of trial was not fixed pending Mr Joynt making a further application herein. RE JAMES STEVENS, A DEBTOR. Mr Bamford applied under section IG7 of the Bankruptcy Act for a warrant to issue compelling the attendance of the debtor to give evidence. His Honor said that, looking at the affidavits, it did not appear that the debtor had refused to give evidence. Mr Bamford said that the debtor had attended the trustee formally, but had not given the information required by the trustee. His Honor suggested that Mr Bamford should malte his application under section 173 of general jurisd ction. The debtor had not refused to attend the trustee, therefore he could not ask under section 169. Mr Bamford might take an order under t-ection 173 for the examination of the persons named at next sitting in Chambers. Order made ; summons to issue calling upon James Stevens and his wife to attend the next Chamb n r sittings, and give evidence thereat concerning their property. RE WILL OF THOMAS JACKSON HUGHES THE ELDER. Mr Deacon, for Mr Wynn Williams, applied on behalf of the widow of Thomas Jackson Hughes the younger, for a rule nisi, calling upon the executors of Thomas Jackson Hughes the elder to file the accounts in the estate. His Honor made the order, granting a rule nisi as asked, returnable at next sitting in Banco. RE WILLIAM HENRY MILLER. In this case Mr Deacon, for tho trustee, had obtained an order to examine the debtor and his wife, who it was alleged refused to give information to the trustee. Mr Slater appeared on behalf of the debtor, and stated that he was always ready and willing to give information to the trustee had he been asked. Mr Deacon said the debtor had attended the trustee, but had refused to give the information they required. William Henry Miller, examined by Mr Deacon, deposed that ho became bankrupt about twelve months ago; about April last. He filed again in February. He had handsd ihe book produced to the trustee. It was a kind of rough cash book in which witness put down what he paid away. The first contract the witness had engaged in after his filing the first time was not entered in the book produced. The amount of that contract was .£lB2. He had got the payments for this contract at different times. He could not say whether he lost anything on that contract. Witness owed nothing up to the time he commenced to eep the book produced. The first entry therein was dated 21st August. 1877. The book contained a statement of all debts owed by bankrupt. Shortly after commencing the Rangitata contract he found himself to be in difficulties. This would be about November, 1877. His wife had received about =£so from her uncle in Invercargill about two years ago; bat had received nothing since. He had mortgaged a great part of his rural section about eighteen months ago. The land was sold before his first bankruptcy for ,£SO. The purchaser afterwards sold it to witness's wife. She gave £4O for it through the Building Society. _ This would be about August of hist year. He did not know when the mortgage on the land was paid off. It was paid through the Building Society by Mr Lewis and Mr Cowlishaw, and never came into the hands of witness at all. The witness was then examined by Mr Deacon at some length as to his dealings with heveral rural sections which were transferred to his wife. In the course of the examination, witness stated that he had attended the trustee. His Honor remarked upon the Court being used to do tho work of the trustee. The Court then rose.