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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 52, 11 October 1887, Page 3

Mr Justice Richmond in summing up in the case against W. Crossman for fraudulent bankruptcy, said that all bankruptcy laws were imperfect, and in the higher walks of commerce, when so much depended upon books and accounts, it was very difficult to discover fraud. His honor went on to tell the jury what the ingenious counsel for the defence did. Why, if they saw a juryman called who had a gold watch and chain they challenged him. Piles upon piles of books were brought into the case, to the jury’s confusion, and then at the end he was asked to address. Why, it was a perfect farce, and he could not wonder that some of these big fish broke through the meshes. He confessed that he had done his best to catch some of them, but they had got through. In conclusion, his Honor said that because there were so many gross failures under the Act, that was no reason why they should render it inoperative. The offender was sented to three months imprisonment.