SUPREME COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13207, 14 February 1905, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

Kf BANKRUPTCY. Monday, Fbbbuaiiy 13. (Eefore his Honor ill Justice Williams.) APPLICATIONS POR RELEASE. Applications for release of tho official issigneo were granted in the case of each of the following bankrupts:—John William Harrison, of Port Chalmers, butcher; William Crossan, of Outrani, formerly storeman; •Sophie liouise Shore, of Duaedin, cook; James Jackson Munro, 0! Riverside, Outram, farmer; Edward Howard Wood, of Dunedin, formerly hotelkecper; Walter Ihonras (Xarke, sf South Dunedin, fishmonger; George Gale, of Dunedin, tailor; Leon Uai'.ner, of South T)unedin, picture-frame worker; Charles James iVatson, of Dunedin, printer; Griffiths Roberts, deceased; Alpine Dredging Company (Limited, m liquidation); Hans Albertson, of Port Chalmers, mariner. RE JOBS LAFPKY, A DEBTOR. Application to adjudicate John Laffey, of Calton, near Dunedin, formerly hotelkcepor, sow out of business, as a bankrupt. Mr D. D. Macdonald, instructed by Mr J. A. Hislop, appeared on behalf of !ho petitioners (Messrs J. Speight and Co.). The object of the application, he said, was to have tho assets of tho bankrupt equitably distributed among all the creditors, instead of allowing one creditor to bo paid in exclusion »f the others. The land was to be sold that llay, so no time was to be lost. ifr F. J. Stilling, for the debtor, said that no opposition would he offered to tho application. Mr Macdonald called John Lang, clerk, to Drove the debt, and Arthur Stubbs, deputy iherriff of Otago, to prove the iseuo of a. writ M sa'.o in respect of certain land belonging to the debtor. Order of adjudication made. Mr Macdonald called his Honor's attention ■to the fact that .under the writ of sale the suction of the land was to take place at noon Ihat day. He presumed that the order of adjudication having been granted no sale would be made. Mr W. L. Jloore, on behalf of the Drapery Importing Company, asked that the costs of the company should be protected with regard to the writ of sale they had issued. His Honor said tho application was an ex ■»arte one, and ho could not deal with it at that sta«e. In respect to the question raised by. Mr ilacdonakl, Ilia Honor ordered that the sale imler the writ of sale should lie stayed. BE WILLIAiI TIKXOCK. Application to vary order of discharge, Mr TV. L. Moore, who appeared for the bankrupt, William Tinnock, of Dunedin, tallow rejiner, said the discharge in this case was granted subject to tho bankrupt paying Cs in tho pound by instalments of 10s a week, leave being given to vary the order in the event of the man's wages being icduccu. An affidavit bad now been filed by tho bankrupt, stating that his wages had Teceutly been reduced lte a week. It was only fair, counsel thought, to state that the other parties in th* case had not been served with ajiy notice of tho matter. His Honor thought that some of the parties should be served with notice. The creditors had a right to be heard. - In answer to his Honor, Mr Moore said that the bankrupt had already paid £22 out 0! the £i 6 he had to pay. His Honor suggested that a circular should foe sent to tho creditors, and tho matter could como up again at the next sittings. Mr Moore agreed to this course. NEXT SITTING. The next sitting in bankruptcy was fixed for Monday, May 8.