SUPREME COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12, 27 May 1868, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

In B__*____?tct. THIS DAY. (Before Mr Justico -Gresaon.) His Boner sat In the Old Town Hall at 11 o'clock this morning. . RB THOMAB TSMKAMT, r.l> Mr Wynn Williama applied for a fnrtb-T adjournment until the next sitting of the Conrt, as tho bankrupt had not been able to - - mnko out bis statement of accounts. 1 Hia Hunor adjourned tbe matter accordingly until the 2ind. June. HB JOHH 7KFPX-U--X. Mr Wynn Williama for the banfanrpt, 7 ! In answer to hia Honor, the bank-rapt said V ho attributed bis losses to the fall in the price \

of- wool, niid tho great deft .dency In weight roturnr-d from homo, ly' Mr WlHhmts said ho had scon the account Of wool delivered to Dnlgeiyand Co,, and tlio return from homo differed most extraordinarily. ■ His Honor mado tho order of discharge, nis wnxuM did thoy, ''D-'Enstor, on buhnl- of Mr Mater, fcr tho bankrupt, „ ,■ ,.•-, 'Tho bankrupt wan oworn, and, In answer to Dr Foster, deposed that ho was not now living in the Hi'tuu stylo as he did prior to his b-ink-rilptcy-j ho had ono miild servant, Ho did | Idf tlio 'work on tim farm, except attending to 1 two.cown. Mo gn,vo a man a cottage rent me,' tor atton.ilnx to thcni} but he was going away, on the Ist Juno* the rout of tho cottage, If let; would bo about 7h a woolr, Hia honor made tho order of discharge, there bein*. no opposition. nu """WEN OATH lilt ON M'MIIXAN, Dr Footer, ou behalf of Mr tiiator, for tho bankrupt, '„.,','__'_ Hifl Honor consurod tho bankrupt for not liaving kept a regular not of hooks and rofased to n:nk o tho order oil discharge now j ho would -adjourn the matter until the noxt day of .hearing, - ■ M _ „ „ , ; #jr permission of tho Court, Mr Hnphaol, the, trustee, examined Iho bankrupt, who stated that he first commenced trading as a morchant in 18(1.1 1 did not import moro than 4200 worth the fifnt year ■ could not ntato tho CXftCt amoi"nta per year, The flrnt year lte'tveht to Dulgoty nnd Co, ho received £100 ext salary, nn clork i tho «nd, about XlfiO ■ tho'thlrd, about the wna j tbe fourth, about -321J0 i and the l«flt» MM. Loft Dalßoty's _nDc'e«wberlaß.. Could not nay what amount ItC Imported , in tho second, or subsequent Sears, Somo of tho persona named in the nt bf gnorl dohtH (MM) bad becomo Inaol. ren.plncb'the account won fllod. Ono of thorn 1 tot AM* bad mado nn nnßlanmont, £6QQ was lent to him by Mr Monoy nnd Mr Tttylor His Honor flhid it would be quite open for anytorodfior who ohoflC, to give notioe of oppo. lifcion before the next <lay of bearing. The CBfK* Wftfl adjourned until tlio 22nd Juno, lisnkrunt In tbo meantimo to fumtoh the truflteo with a dutallcd account at bis lmports, of whioh ho I'dmUfl to havo tho Tho above ca«c« had stood ndjournca from May (?, nis JOHN VOIiRI, Tho bankrupt camo up for to«t ««m»nation nnd fllflnharßC. „, ... Wr Charles Oswald, a crodltor, said ho WOllld have served notice of opposition if he had been giippliod with proper information. He^lshed to nsk' tho bankrupt a fow questions! '■■"-. . . , ,■" , i The bankrupt ststcd that ho had mado hie ABBlgnmcrtUn the 9Ui • October, 180- j tbo trustees, to the host of his knowledge ftttd belief, took ovorything from him, except his tools, liin own nnd hl» wife's wearing apparel, and tbinus bolongl»« to his mother-in-law, which they desired tn tako and thought it an act of generciflUy to givo back io hor, Took contractu ninoo his nnsfgnment, to tho extent; of £800 or Xfl.M), Looked after tho. mon, nnd worked at most of the contracts. Gave X2O for the shares in tho Mechanics' Institute $ two wero bought before and two after the building was orcctcd, They wore not included in iiln assignment, because his title to them was not complcto at tho timo. Had two nliarcs in tho Music Hall Company • (told them to Mr Hall long bofore tho assignment, Sold no goods sbico filing bin declaration, except somo plaster, which he had to account for to the trustees. Did not noil n banjo j had no proporty secreted at tho time Oswald levied n distress warrant for ront. His Honor refused tho application of Mr Oitwald, to adjourn tho _-mo for n month, M Uo had not served notlco of oppofiltlcn, and the examination would not justify pofltponoment, tho cfltoot of which might bo vory disastrous to tho bankrupt. Order C- discharge mado. CAM"- AD-TOUIlMKl) TIM, .TtflKK 22, Joh« Agnew Maw (»r. Vc-ater) > William And Alfred. Curtis (l.r, Foster)} and Jehu Stainsby Murphy (Mr Joynt), Tho two latter matlcr-f aro to be-onsoli-dated,; The Court then ndjournod until Juno 22,