MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 23, 15 December 1883, Page 2

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Tno day, Duo-unher 11th, 1883, AOout 30 creii'c’s att ndfd the in iln estate of Mtt r doch Mackerrie, hotelkeeper, at the Abercura Arms Hotel, Woo Ml If, on the above date. Creditors from Napier, Palmer* ston, and Wanganui were present, to gi thrvwith tho'C of this d strict. Mr D. Gay appeared on behalf of the mortgagee, and Mr Baker for the debtor. Mr T, F. FouMaiue was elected chairman of the meeting. P.o fs of debt were put in amounting to over £7OO, and it was c ilc ilated that there were at least £t3o(Jnot yet proved, Ibo debtor was sworn and examined. In reply to the chairman, the debtor stated that he was woith £6O) when ho left Te Ante.

Mr Ouy, on behalf of his dient,| i-tati d hat the dehb»r had gvm him to unlerstand that he had fully £SOO ' when be entered nf-on the inveatraent, that be bad not been persuaded into I taking the step 5-n any way, and that his client h&l been as igno'n, it of bis standing, as any of the creditors bad , been. It w-is then shown that instead ! of having £SOO to the go A when the d<‘b*or came up to Woo Iv lie, be had fol'y that amount of liabilities, Mr B. B. Johnson, Commission Aeent, Waipawa, stated that ho had visited the hotel some time ago, and the debtor had shewn him a book with the daily takings, ibey showed that the hotel was doing a trade of from £l5O to £2OO a month. He requested that the book might be produced. The debtor stat d that bo Lai lost the book ; had looked lor it everywhere, but could not find it.

Mr T, B. Horne, on behalf of his employers, Messrs D- Boss and Co., and with proxies from Messrs Kobn Bros., Andrew Todd, Drummond db Alexander, and J. Chadwick, aU of Wanganui, and representing a liability of £B3O, staged that he ha i sold goods to debtor for cash, th it he (debtor) had led him to believe he had money, and ho had been nuslel by him. That he had bmght goods Iron bis employers, and almost imm diatoly given a bi’l of sale ovr them to pay other peep la’s claims. He considered tit employers had boon m >sc dishonorably treat ;d, and misled. Mr Hurne, stated he bad received a cheque from the debtor, which, by the bank-book it was plain was not provided for at the time it was drawn, and he saw no possibility how it could have been provided for before presentation. When the trua'ojs were appointed, he should r. commend that they be advise 1 to look into the matter most carefully, aud, if they thought it necessary, tak o further action.

Mr Banbury, Warehouseman, for Messrs M c \rlhur aud Co., Auckland, stated that, previous to debtor leaving Te Ante, be bad given him (Mr Banbury) security for a debt, that bad b»en owing along time, in the shape of a tram of bullocks, and it had since transpired, that these bullocks had been jrevioudy sold by the debtor, and consjquenily be had been greatly misled.

Mr N. Kettle, on behalf of Messrs Murray, Eoberts, & Go., Napier, asked vorious questions with the intent of proving whether or not the debtor had been nrged, and talked into entering the hotel, but nothing definite was elicited,

Mr W. Hnll, of (Hull & Home), Woodville, a-'ked the debtor— ‘ Whereto the buggy I made yon V Debtor, I have sold it to Mr Feeble-', Mr Hull K-nd he va’ued the buggy, horses, and harness at £9.) ; the buggy was new, and the debtor h«d sold them for £6O. It was stated by a creditor that there had been a piano in the house until lately, but that it had been removed from the house at midnight.

Joseph Harris, barman, deposed that he had seen a cart coroe to the boos® late one night, he then went to bed. Had not been in be! long, when bo heard tramping backwards and forwards from the bar, heard the cart pull up outside the bar. N-xt morning the bar was almost entirely stripped. On the following night the p : ano had been removed. Mr Guy rail the debtor had informed him borne time ago, that the piano trie not nis, tut had been pot there for f»fe keeping, and this was why bis client bad not taken action when the same had been removed, although it had been included in the b'll of sale. The debtor stated that as fir a.i he knew nothing whatever had been removed from the house besides the piano. John Hunter, contractor, stated that debtor had got him to give him a receipt for £IOSO, when be hid only receive! £3OO. This was to enable debtor to get further advances. Other creditors deposed their several transaction with the debtor, and it was finally propose! by Mr N. Kettle, and seconded by Mr E. Larcomb “ That Messrs Baubniy, B. B. Johnson and Chamier bo appointed trusteesThe motion was put and carried.

Tae Trustees then received the opinions of the creditors as to the manner in which they would like the diff rent points of the evidence treated, and a vote of thanks'to the chairman, terminated the proceedings.