THE COURTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 34, 5 February 1912, Page 7

THE COURTS.

A BANKRUPT CHARGED. tPer Press Association.) Auckland, February 2. At the Police Court this afternoon, James Scott Lennox, till recently a sharebroker in Auckland, was charged that being a person who was on: August 9th, 1911, adjudged bankrupt', ho had by rash and hazardous speculations brought about the said bankruptcy. The accused was proceeded against on the information of the Official Assignee (Mr W. S. Fisher),! who said accused’s schedule showed liabilities of £3506 and assets £1950,! leaving a nominal deficiency of £3356. As far as could be ascertained, accused’s liabilities amounted to £6552, and the realised.assets to £269, while his seat on the Stock Exchange though a doubtful asset might be put down at £SOO, leaving a deficiency, of £5783, The estate, under most favourable circumstances, would not pay more than Is 6d in the £. Accused had been doing profitable and legitimate brokering business, but he had apparently embarked on a career of speculation which had resulted in heavy losses. Over-selling was also alleged against accused.

Lennox, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial. PREMIUM BONDS. Wellington, February 2. At the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon a case is being heard involving some unusually important questions of law, deterinjuiug whether ordinary; foreign premuium bonds , can ; be sold iin New Zealand.'/ The case'arises out/ of an information laid by the policy against the International Investment .C.qmpany...for an alleged breach ofj •the Gaming Act. , Defendant company is registered in Now Zealand,* and has been carrying on business foil some time in Auckland and elsewhere.!, ■lncluded vin its business is the sale of premium . bbhds" bf foreign Govern•s i (i ’ I' 11 ments. ; , )lf mndin After conclusion of argument the S.M. said he would give judgment on .February 13th. ADULTERATED BREAD. Ashburton, February 2. ! William Forsyth Gibson was to-day fired £5 and costs on a charge of selling adulterated bread (containing alum). Counsel pleaded that defendant recently came from Scotland, where alum was u§ed in the bakers’ business, and was unaware of the law here. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Christchurch, February 3. In connection with the fatal accident which occurred in Cathedral Square, near Broadway’s Corner, on the afternoon of Friday, January 19th, when Thomas Ryan was knocked down and run over by a motor car, his injuries proving fatal in a few hours, an information has been laid charging the driver of the car, Reginald Blunden, of Bennetts, with manslaughter. The case will lie heard next Thursday afternoon.