IN BANKRUPTCY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 114, 4 June 1901, Page 2

IN BANKRUPTCY

'O. BROWN'S PRIVATE DEPOSITIONS. The following ara the private deposition* o F Charles Brown, pain'ef, takeu before the D.O.A. on Monday, mora iog: —I am a pouter by trade, and employed by W«st and Son, New Plymouth. f have been in New Plymouth about '2O yedrs, and have resided hnie all the time with the excaption of one or two short intervals. I started on toy own account as a pointer about 7 years ago, and con-! tinued so until about 8 months since, « hen finding myself getting iDto debt I went to work as day labourer for Mr. J. Bell.-inger. I g6t a day when uf j work, but not constantly. I have mo money or property beyond what is stated in my staioment of . affairs, and I had to eell some of myi t.ools to raise money to file, which i 1 was compelled to do in cons quence of a judgment summons. l The house I live in belongs to my wife. I I bought it originally for £llO, I paid a deposit of £lO, which wasj borrowed fi om Mr W. Robert, who H j a creditor for that sum and th« interes' : thereon. The bah nee of £IOO vuslcf" j on mortgage. When the mortgagee j (-demanded p-yment of th« .£IOO I was] ! unable to pi? it. ' My wife then rrarged t-> tako over the proportyj aiid bortowed £l4O from tho Excelsior L'dge, with which she paid of!' the origiual sum about four ye'rs a«o. The sum of £l4O is still owing, ato £4O for a second mortgage given to my l mother fo;- money advanced by her to myself and my wife, awl , which is still unpaid. The proporlw is | aero Xo. 158G, with /ive-rcoiued house in Lemon sre t I consider he p opoity worih about £2OO. Some of the aoeouuts owing to my cteditors bave been outstanding for many years. II have a family ol seven children. I rtttiibute my present condition to want of employment, in consequence of which i I have not been free from debt fw ' moy years, i