Re J. B. Lindsay's Bankruptcy.

Otago Witness, Issue 1752, 20 June 1885, Page 19

Re J. B. Lindsay's Bankruptcy.

TO THE EDITOR.

riß,— lh your report of the meeWvg of J B Lindsay's creditors', he'd yesterday, T am mudo to say ',htf, tho debtor bad *tated in Mr Kettle'a office tbat the bill of ealp f*ivon by himself to Mr Hammond was a "dummy" one, and id ml ht ap^ar jv< thonph t^at Rtatementwsw made when the instructions for the bill of *a!o werotjiven My remarks refer crt to a conver(atiouwhirh took pace in my own > ffice a few da v a mn, when M»" Keftle (who nets as my (irr>''i BoHeifsnr) toUci) upon m° with Mr Mudaay, and informed mo Sh-.fe . i dsay was in difficulties, ti«ri intended either ti a<-BK'n Mb est'te or lil ', and wishfld to know which course his creditors wou'd prefer him to pursue Mr Kettle at tbe Paroe time mentioned the bill of Bale, and said that IS had been rrrpared and completed Dome > earH ajjo by Mr Mucdormot!), and thafc he hiinseK hid never seen the document, and knew nothing of the facts connected with it, but; ' houpht from what Mr Lindsay had toW him since that it would not hold irood against) creditors. Tha'e'ipon a conversation batwoeu Mr Llrdsayand myself ensued, during tbo ennree of which the wordi to which I referred to at the mretii g were used by Mr Lindsav. I wish you to publißh this expiwatton in jus'ica to Messrs Kott'e and Wnoah 'Use, who perßon-lly had nothing to do with tho preparation of the bill of sale.— l am, &a., Henry Yooso, (Of Sargood, Son, and Ewon).

June 17.

— At tho Lsads police court reopntly, n lettercarrier attached ro tha Lends Poat-f ffici was charged on remand with having stolen upwards of 500 letters, the property of the Post-master-General. The prisoner did not seem to have had any felonious intent — most of the letters not being opened — but had simply baen too idle to deliver thorn. Tha Bench committed him for trial.