EXAMINATIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1715, 24 March 1888, Page 3

EXAMINATIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

GERALDINE. The public examination of W. VLawion, debtor, took place at the R.M. Court, Geraldine, on Thursday last. Mr Hay appeared for Mr Mnndell, and Mr Smith (of Meiers White and Co,) for tho ‘^Lawson,sworn, m reply to Mr Hay, said: My wife proves for £79 12s. That money was owing to her. It was lent to me by her on May Hth, 1883. I received it by a cheque paid from her trustees to her for me. The cheque was signed, as far as I can reinember, by Mr Allan Macdonald end the Eev, Q. Barclay. • I think the cheque was on the Bank of New Zealand. This money was her eeparate property. It was money collected for Mrs Lawson after the loss of her first hnshand. I made use of the money in my business. She lent it to me for that purpose. She thought it would be used to a better advantage than laying m the bank. 1 gave her no receipt for it. I cashed the cheque for £79 12s, and paid £73 of the amount into my banking account at the Bank of New South Wales. I paid my wife no interest upon it. I promised to pay her back as soon as I could, and give her sometbinifor it. There was no definite arrangement •a to intereet. I opened no account with mv wife in any of my books. It was always understood that the money was owing to her. and she expected to get it back, but made no formal demand for it. I traded on the money in my business with her consent. I paid Mr Allan Macdonald some money a few days before I filed. This was owing to Mr Macdonald for sheep. I was owing kirn £lßlls then. He asked me for the money ■everal times. The money paid was for part of this claim. When I paid the money to Mr Macdonald I had no idea of filing. 1 first thought of filing when the bailiffs were put into my house on the Fndaj morning. At the time I made the payment to Mi Macdonald I had been served with the ■nmmoni from Mr Mnndell for about £9O. After receiving that summons I delivers tome pigs. I promised to pay Mr Macdonald what I could on the Saturday. I promised him perhaps a week before. I had s bill dishonored at that time to Mr Mundell for £7O odd, I had an interview with Ur Mnndell in the month of February, and explained the position of affairs to him. I tola him the creditors I had, but I did not mention my wife’s claim. I told him the position of my affairs so that he might know how I stood. I had no dealings with Mr Mundell after that. My wife did not assist me in the business beyond serving customer occasionally. I have been married about ,IX (Mr» Lawson, who was too ill to appear, was' examined at her own house, and gan corroborative evidence as to her husband c indebtedness to her.) ’ The meeting then terminated.

A meeting of the creditor* of George Hobb* was held in the Beiident Magistrate b Court, Temnka, yesterday. Present—Messrs W. Ackroyd, Bi Brown, J. Brown, Q. Smith, G McS. Gentleman, and J. M. Twomoy. Owing to the Deputy Assignee being unable to attend Mr.Twomey wa» elected Chairman f the meeting. , Mr Hay was present on behalr or tne debtor, who, in reply to question?, said on oath: I received £3 12a 6d since tuo private meeting of creditors. Some of this was foi strawberries, and some for raspberries. [The debtor’s account book was produced and xnarkedA.l I could not tel) you how much money I received for strawberries. It might have been £lO, or it might be mote. It « down in the book. Ido not know whether I sold any apples since the private meeting of my creditors. Ithtnklsold a shillings worth to Mrs Washington. I sold no plums. Ido not know the value of the plums I sold to Mr Cox, Timaru. I sold no apples to him lately. He has been in the garden, but Ido not know when. 1 take no trouble by thess things. Isold Mr Cox no fruit since the private meeting of my creditors. I have taken no apples out of the orchard since the private meeting of my creditors, except one ■hilling’s worth I. sold to Mrs Washington, J authorised no one to take them away. J could nob say how much fruit I sold to Mr Fitzgerald. He may have paid mo £1 since the meeting of creditors. lam sure it was only £l. I do not know Miss English. 1 do not know how many strawberries I sold to Mr Gross. I do not know Mr Smith, of Ximarn, I only sold fruit to Messrs Cross and Fitzgerald, and the man next door to Mr Fitzgerald’s. Sometimes I entered the fruit in the book on the same date that I sold it, and sometimes I did not for a day or two afterwards. I neves sold a shilling s worth or small quantities casually. I think Mrs Washington is entered in the book in two or three places. I received £4 10s from Mr Flannery for a horse leven months ago. Mr Siegert bought my other horse for £l2, but I owed him the money, and he gave me credit for it. It was when he had the big •ale. I have potatoes planted on a reserve rented from the Arowhenua Town Board. There i» about a quarter of an acre of potatoes, and a quarter of an acre of mangolds on the reserve. ...... .. Mr Gentlemun moved that the meeting stand adjourned to a date to be fixed by the Deputy Assignee, the date to be as early as P °Mr Brown seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. , The meeting accordingly adjourned.