DISTRICT COURT, CLYDE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 232, 21 April 1874, Page 3

DISTRICT COURT, CLYDE.

Wo make the following extracts from the Dunstcm Timed report of the proceedings at the above Court, whioh sat on Wednesday, 15th inst.':— Wednesday, Apmi. J5. (Before His Honor Wilson 0-re\j.) Bank of New South Wales v., George Jenour, Manager of the Royal Standard, Quartz Mining Company (Registered).—Claim, £53 13a. 2d., the amount of an overdraft on the Bank account. Mr P. J.Wilson, solicitor, appeared for plaintiff. Defendant did not put in an appearance. ■,-...;, '■■<■.., .■:,..' Mr Wilson applied for leave to amend the summons, by striking out the words "George Jenour, Manager of." His Honor expressed a doubt of his ability to allow the amendment. He said, the over-draft was an act of borrowing, and he should require proof that the Company in mining partnership had power to borrow. i Mr Wilson said he was prepared to accept a nonsuit, which was granted. IN BANKRUPTCY. APPLICATIONS FOR PINAL DISCHARGE. John Halliday, of Bannockbum, store-keeper.—-Liabilities, £'22l 12s. 2d.; assets, £1578. Mr J. R. Cowan, solicitor for bankrupt. Mr Fache, Deputy Trustee, examined the bankrupt at some length over items in assets, house, stable, &c., (£600), but failing to obtain evidence required, he applied, for a postponement, to obtain the presence of the supposed holder of a bill of sale over .the same. Postponed till Monday, the 27th inst. John Baker, of Cromwell, contractor.— Liabilities, £126 7s. Id. ; assets, £42. Mr F. J. Wilson, solicitor for the bankrupt, explained that the assets were practically nothing, being principally bad debts. The causes of insolvency assigned were losses on a sub-contract (£105), and sickness in family. Granted. Simon and James Aitchison, of Bannockburn, miners.—Liabilities, £213 Bs. lid. ; assets, nil. Mr F. J. Wilson, solicitor for bankrupts. Mr A. Ritchie, a creditor to the amount of £l3 2s. Id., appeared to oppose. He, however, not having proved his debt, Mr Wilson objected to his being heard. His Honorover-ruled the objection, on the ground that on the Gold-fields it was not to be supposed everybody was acquainted with the rules of the Court. The examination was proceeded, with, and it was elicited the bankrupts were miners, but at the present time they were working on the roads ; that they had spent hundreds of pounds sterling in prospecting for quartz reefs on the Carrick Range, besides increasing their present liabilities ; and that the cause of seeking the protection of the Court was fear of arrest at the suit of the opposing creditor. Granted. William Insley, Dunedin-road, farmer.— Adjourned from the last sitting of the Court. Discharge granted.