... under the 28th section.of the act of 1869, whereby the creditors accepted a composition of Bs. in the pound offered by the bankrupt, on condition that the order of adjudication made against him should be annulled, provided the composition were paid on or ...

... Bad debts, law costs and expenses, and depreciation of property. The Official Receiver, in his observations, said: The bankrupt, who is 41 years old, states he commenced business as a baker and confectioner in 1890, at Bath, but that eighteen months ...

... Re WILLIAM HENRY TERRY. This bankrupt was a watch materials dealer, at 135, Spon-street, and in July, 1886, bought the business of his late employer, Mrs. Leighton, now of Llandudno. Pressure from Mrs. Leighton for the due to her, was the immediate cause ...

... Rupert Cecil Craven, de,ribed as a member of White's Club, Se. James' Street. The di , eharge was granted subject to the bankrupt consenting to juaignier.t for seso, to be paid forthwith. , Mr Craven had been in stiocession a midshipman, an electrical ...

... that the meeting might be further adjourned for three weeks. The creditors resolved, however, that the debtor be adjudged bankrupt. ...

... in a settlement, of which Mr. Cross was trustee, formed part of the estate of Mr. Thomas Arthur Hilditch, of Nuneaton, a bankrupt, and therefore passed to the trustee in the bankruptcy. Mr. Power appeared in support of the appeal, and Mr. Maddocks represented ...

... contended that we, the committee, should be able to control the bankrupt's earnings. We ought to be able to secure for the creditors the remainder of that income after allowing the bankrupt a good maintenance—say £5,000 a year. And do not your powers enable ...

... carefully avoided pledging Her Majesty's Government to any line ot polick.—l am, &c., (Signed) DERBY. ARREST OF A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.-At the Burton-on-Trent Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. H. Wardle, Job Layherry, a bricklayer, late of Hawkins lane ...

... number of bags of flour from a firm of millers by giving his name as 11. Beach, and failing to disclose that he was a bankrupt, and saying that he had a good business at Coventry. Counsel contended that there was no evidence of false pretence. Whitmore ...

... liabilities £137 Os. 9d., and assets £45 3s. 7d., leaving a deficiency of £9l 17s. 2d. The cause of failure, as alleged by bankrupt, was want of capital and heavy expenses, including County Court fees.—A number of questions were asked, and the matter was ...

... Atherstone, lime merchant, came up for his adjourned public examination. Mr. Fowke, jun., appeared for the bankrupt.—ln examination by Mr. Sharp, the bankrupt said he did not know till October last that he was insolvent. He then had a judgment against him, and ...

... Under the new law no person can petition to be male a bankrupt, and it is this change, together with an enactment that except under special events ten shillings in the pound must be paid before a bankrupt can obtain his discharge, that caused hundreds to ...