A Point in Bankruptcy Law.
(By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, June 7. In the Bankruptcy Court, to-day, a solicitor for a bankrupt said ho had been notified by counsel for tho creditors that, charges would be preferred against the bankrupt, aud that the court would be asked to direct that the bankrupt, having been guilty of misdemeanor, should be prosecuted and committed for trial. Ho asked His Honour to say that bankrupt must be prosecuted in the Magistrates Court in the usual way. Mr Justice Richmond said that was his opinion. He objected to taking the place of the magistrate. Tho parties should follow the ordinary course of criminal law, and not come to that court to invoke the summary jurisdiction. Ho could not decline the jurisdiction but if the creditors had a case against the bankrupt which could be prosecuted by indictment, it was very undesirable that they should also attempt to prosecute summarily. He might have to try a man he had himself committed for trial.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5028, 8 June 1889, Page 2
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