An Obstinate Bankrupt.
* GETS 7 DAYS' MR CONTEMPT %J '•■i - ' CimisTcliuiton, Decoraoor 10. ' jln the Bankruptcy Court this 1 mom-' ing an application was made for-a , wit of attachment against a bankrupt,, John Scott afyeif.Vho refused to givo up podfeession^6f' fc'eftairi property sold under an order of the Court. »• The .Ofnciar-Aasigneo said ho' ; ha<J received tho key..at, ten o'clock that morning. His Jlonov, referring, to. the ,-< facts 61 the case,' said the bankrupt had : ", defied Arid insulted:the Court by re- , fusing to obey-the law. Ho (His 1 Honor) must show the bankrupt and 'others like him } that, they could not ■1 defy'tlitf laV of 'tho country with impunity. Tho bankrupt would bo i 'adjudged guilty, of contempt, an d would/'be' sentenced to. Wen days' impiisonment^.tJiQrefore,.. : and ■• also '; be orderedV|ayiiye guineas costs. ■ ■■»>s'■'( " ■
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8612, 16 December 1896, Page 4
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132An Obstinate Bankrupt. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8612, 16 December 1896, Page 4
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