CLIENT LOSES £986
MISSING SOLICITOR'S DEFAULT NO SIGN OF BATCHELOR Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. To-day. In the Supreme Court at Christchurch to-day Mr. Justice Adams made an order adjudicating as bankrupt John Black Batchelor, the missing solicitor. Counsel said Batchelor had left the city to defeat creditors. Leonard Percival Voice, a petitioning creditor, said he had given £968 to Batchelor to pay as purchase money on a house. The money had not been paid. Later Batchelor put in a cheque for the amount, but it was dishonoured. A police sergeant said in evidence that no trace had been found of BatchI elor, though inquiries had been made ; all over New Zealand.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 1
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110CLIENT LOSES £986 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 1
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