SUPREME COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3376, 15 December 1873, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

IN BANKRUPTCY. Monday, December 15. (Before His Honor Mr Justice Chapman. ) George Hendrick, John Tuck, William Kent. —These cases were adjourned to January 5. — A final order of discharge was granted to Thos. Dick, and .David Francis was adjudged a bankrupt. the first meeting of creditors to be held on December 23. OPPOSED CASES. Re Richard Evans.— Mr M‘Keay opposed the granting a final order to this bankrupt on the grounds that the trustee in the estate had not been gazetted, and that bankrupt had not filed a statement of the last six months’ transaction. Adjourned to January 5, to enable bankrupt to tile the statement required. Re James Eraser.— Mr .Stewart appeared to support this bankrupt’s application for a final order, Mr Stout opposing. After being examined by Mr Stewart, and stating the position of his affairs, the bankrupt was crossexamined, and gave the following evidence : Still owed Godso LIO3, thought he had paid him LOO, Since filing had been driving a horse and diay for a Mrs Gunn. 'Die latter is witness’s sister, and the horse and dray were what were formerly his. To Mr .Stewart: The debt to Godso was incurred through witness taking his sister’s liabilities on his hands.—E. V. Godso, creditor to the amount of Ll4, said bankrupt was indebted to him for rent. .Seized some of his horses and drays, but believed bankrupt or his sister had somehow got possession of these again. Bankrupt had owed witness LIBO, but had reduced that by a payment of L6O. Mr Stout thought that no clear idea of the bankrupt’s affairs could be gathered from the statements made, and heard his sister appeared to have been transferring the property from one to the other. —His Honor adjourned the case to January 5, to enable a more satisfactory statement to be handed in. Re R. Boone Mason. —Mr Stout opposed this bankrupt’s application on the ground that the Trustee’s report showed that gross recklessness had characterised the bankrupt’s conduct of business ; and also because it had been discovered that a draft for L2OO was in tire possession of bankrupt or some one connected with him.—His Honor adjourned the application to January 2(5, to enable bankrupt to furnisli a more satisfactory statement to the Trustee, who would then make a supplementary report of a more favorable nature. Re J. W. Hutchison, —This was an application to examine witnesses. Mr James Smith appear ed for the Bank of New South Wales ; Mr Barton for the bankrupt, who, with Mr C. Nicholls, was examined at some length, after which Mr Smith asked his Honor to make an order for the bankrupt to pay some money to the Bank, hut his Honor declined to do so. Mr Barton asked for costs, which were refused.