£250,000—But Not Till He’s 56

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 190, 13 August 1936, Page 9

£2so,ooo—But Not Till He’s 56

A debtor who said he believed ho

might come into more than £2.50,000 under his father’s will then he was

fiftysix, underwent his public examination at St. Albans Bankruptcy Court, England.

He was Henry Andrew Spenhouse, a former naval officer, aged thirty-nine, who now described himself as a dealei in real estate, of The Woodlands, Stanmore Hill, Great Stanmorc (Middlesex). Spenhouse, questioned about his father's will by Sir George Jones, M.P., on behalf of the trustee, said his father was James Anderson, who died in Glasgow in 1919. He believed his interest in his father’s estate might be more than a quarter of a million pounds. “All 1 know about this beastly business,” ho remarked, “is that I am sup posed to come into a certain sum of money when lam fifty-six. Until then I can neither beg, borrow, nor steal that money, nor in any way make use of it.”

Asked what grounds he had for his belief he replied: "My father said to me before he died: “Boy, when you are of a certain age you will bo a very, very wealthly man.’ ” Spenhouse’s statement of affiarrs showed unsecured liabilities of £4,043 17s 2d.assets estimated at £6,500, but ho agreed that certain debts had not been scheduled. The examination was adjourned.