IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 33, 22 June 1868, Page 3

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

TO THB UDITOR OF TIUC RTAU. 81r,-r-T, have not the Rllßhtefit doubfc many othoru will (with 'No Imprisonment ' ) " ondorflo every nyllablo " qf your article a fow CToningfl ofneo, In which you tako exception to tho vlown advocated by Mr Shoppard, and thoy will chuoklo over tho Idea, that ho long as their indchtt'dnc/ifi to oaoh trudomnan in 1oh» than iCIO, they can snap their /IngorH ftfc th« (jfflcor, tho Butohor, tho linker, Ao,, whon WJlclted for p/iymcnt, and if, rw \n often the caoo, thoy con pomiindo equally fraudulent friondi to a«fll«fc Ihmi on an omorgency by a convenient transfer of proporty whon the Balll/f ftppc/ir/i. Of oourao ife in a oasc of " N« officelfl," To a person of honenfc lntoutlonfl, it matters littlo what tho law enacts. For him It baa no torrorfl, hccauno ho liven abovo Ho influence, I need ucarooly nay dobtom may bo divided into Hovoral olasHos. Allow mo to iiiHtanco a fow of thorn. int. ThoHo who pay wgulftWy, 2nd, Those wlm pay luhb roßularly, but whoflo momy Ifl conflldorod sato. 3rd, Thoflo, whom unforcucon ovonlw prevent keeping their cngagcmontfii 4th. Tnono who arc utterly matem as to whothnr tlioy over pay, wlw«o names almont invariably go to hwoll the ' Had nnd doubtful ' follort of a trador'fl Lodger. Tho flrflt clans apoakn for Itsclt Tho isacond ohios flgurco largely in every ono'fi bonks, Tho third cla«M alwayn commandfl a cortain amount of ludulfjeuuo. It is tho latter chum I consider 0110 of the pofltH of a community, nnd ho ln»ldli>ii» are they that neither rank, poftlH«n,nor degruo of education, U cither f n^cenHlty op a barrier to their rankflr And ovwi, «h weod« aro somotlmcfl mlilakcn for Homothlng Ijollor, no, no matter how whio a disorcUon may ho \w&, «o euro In tho monfc careful trudtr dupdd, 1 ilony in hlo tho a«s<jrtlon that our mor» cantllo retail community aro giving •♦unlimited tick," and Inotcad of lying in WniL and pouncing on victims when itiploancH them it id they who arc vioUmlncd, I am astonished, Blr, anyone with a grain of common ucn»o can write «u«h uuwarraiKcd bonh. It in for that <:la«n <>C daylight robburn who contract d(Ma wllliout tbu k'litit Idea of ovor discharging thum wo auk fiuoh puni-thincnt which, altliough It bo imprlfi'mmtinl, In far too good for tlidlr dctiorlit, I trunk kU irailerH will nlgn Iho petition decided on at hint Thuraday'u mcoihig, and, in nddltion thereto nut any lulliionco they may pohhohii with our dlU'cront rciirciiontatlvofl in tho General AHucmhly to got tlio hint hgiitonco of tho 7'Hh cluu'fto of! the Kwddont Ma({lotralon' Court Act repealed, And further (ulUimtf;!i I know ia tlio nut< aotlhliaH bo met with tho remark that It won't do to have two lawn fn force nfc tho namo time) I would urge In common fiilrnows that all dohlfl 1 oontraclcd prior (.<> diol^tof January. lfl(!8, Hlioitld bo dealt, with under the provfitloiiH of Uioold Act, \ Ifc may bo avunoA thai, imprJiifHmionb for debt cntalln a very largo oxprndltiJro on llio provlnco or «»loi)y, but /imcly In lUe.w <:lio»p tlmcfl tho 12b per wcuk jmld by Hit! imprhiotv Ing cixdhov will dainty iM onnln incurrc/l on each prisoner 1 !! bultulf. I .will conoludo Uilh Hornov/lmf. lciiKtliy letter by roltcritUnjf that lioiutnt uHiii have no need to fear Hie law, or Indeed any other cnactmont. Your obodiont nor van I, A TUADKSMAN, Chrlfitohurch, Juno 20, 1808,