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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3896, 26 August 1891, Page 4

The debtor: 1 filed because of pressure brought to bear by Sheehyn and Jones. I have not been working in partnership with my brother. I nakl Cirnell £9 a few weeks ago there was a warrant against him.

A creditor: Did you not sell some chaff to Riogard ? The debtor : I did not. The Official Assignee : Is the shop at Mauriceville a leasehold ? The debtor: Yes, I have leased it from Jensen for five years at £3OO a year. There is a shop and stable on the land, which have been put on since I got the lease. They cost me about £34. I did not put them down as an aeset, because I did not think it worth while. Have you sold your gray mare 1 The debtor: I have ! Mr Graham : Now, Mr Brannigan be careful. Did you not have her within a fortnight ago ? The debtor : I think I did. Mr Graham: Did you not ride her • few days ago ? The debtor: I did not. Mr Bunny: Who did you sell her to " fc 0 .3% debtor : To Mr Carnell, for Boek-aR"*. jrhe_"S£jj-ißheehy.n : There are some (Ptter-sfniiig on my propertv, but in""^™ 1 belon S t0 me< There y me sheep on my property, jpjji ajhree months ago. Pour or •&geti~»ors3S were runnui R on mv P ro " at Mauriceville. My average Tales at Mauriceville were about £25. Mr Sheehyn : When you got my cattle you said you wanted them to slaughter ? The debtor : Yes. Mr Sheehyn : And next week you put them in the sale yards ? The debtor: Yea. I had no property.

ajytr Sheehyn : Has anything been raioved from your property by Cernell 1 The debtor: Not to my knowledge. The furniture belongs to my mother. Mr Sheehyn : Were you not responsible for all the stores obtained from Jones which went into your house ? The debtor : I expect so. Mr Sheehyn: To whom did you Bell the sheep over which there was a bill of sale ? The debtor: To Mr Benton, of Featherston 1 Mr Sheehyn : He is your brother-in-law ? The debtor : I suppose so. Mr Sheehyn: Why did you sell the sheep when Lowes and lorns had a bill of sale over them? The debtor : To pay off Lowes and lorns. Mr Sheehyn: And you sold the sheep five months ago, but did not pay Lowes and lorns till about six weeks ago 1 The debtor: The money was not all paid six weeks ago 1 ■ Mr Sheehyn : Did yon sell any sheepskins 1 The debtor: Yes. Mr Sheehyn : Through whom t The debtor: Through the Loan and Mercantile Agency Co and Messrs Lowes and lorns. Mr Sheehyn : And did you sell my cattle to pay Lowes and lorns ? The debtor: I did not. Mr Sheehyn : Amd did you sell a draajjj£horsd 1 Theaebtor : I sold one to Boigard. Mr Sheehyn : For how much 1 The debtor : ForLlß. Mr Sheehyn : And how much did you give for it ? The debtor : L 24. Mr Sheehyn : You boaght some cattle frem Boigard, did you not ? The debtor : Yes. Mr Sheehyn~: And you gave him a promissory note ? The debtor: I did not. Mr Sheehyn : Who owns the cow you ate milching in Alfredton ? The debtor: My mother. Sheehyn; But you are responsible for the keep of the house t Tho debtor * I suppose so. Mr Sheehyn: And how could your mother buy tbe cow ? The debtor : I don't know. She paid £2 for it. Mr Sheehyn : Do you think you might have any sheep on adjoining property ? The debtor : There might be. Mr Sheehyn: Did you have any intention of paying me when you bought my cattle ? The debtor: I did. . Mr Sheebyn: Did you not fre* quently promise to meet me and failed to do so ? The debtor:; Yes. Mr Sheehyn: Did you not go off the toad on one occasion to avoid meeting me?

The debtor: I did not. By a creditor: I bought certain chaff from Aaron Johnston before I filed. ' Some chaff was taken from my stable since I filed by Biogard, bat it belonged to a man named Neilsen. I - ''hare never sold a spring balance for fire shillings. I hare certain horse covers and side saddles of which no . account has been given in my state* - ment. I killed a bullock on the day I filed, and have since sold it. I paid Frederick Hansen the sum of £lO the day before I filed for cattle. By Mr Beard: Mr Carnell lent me about £3O. He also gave me £lO to pay a man named Cronins, and £lO later to pay Clark. . I paid him back still leaves £3O owing. : I have credited -""'% amount of grass Beed pur"MbK([ from your "firm to Mr John ; Mr Graham : You stated Mr John Brannigan owed/ou £7B, and when he paid it, you would pay me. Has . he paid it yet 1 - debtor: No. He only owed me£&6* -Mr Graham: And have you put the £7B down in the statement 1 The debtor : I hare not. I did not say John Brannigan owed me £7B before I bought the grass seed. The Assignee : Is Mr John Brannigan'e account correct ? The debtor: Yes. S'r Graham: Then when you got the grass seed from me you'said John firannigaii was owing ydu £7B, and The debtor: Yes. Mr. Graham : Then you got the grass seed under false representations. The debtor': My brother did owe meli7B. " The Assignee: Do you owe Mr. Riddle at jibe Taueru any money ? : : mi,» Ashtnr • I thinly t$Q, Assignee: Do you' owe him Lm "' 5 ••■■■• * The debtor: Not that much. fhe Assignee : Did. you give hini an o'rder on Mr. Bid die 2 "The debtor: I did. HyMr. Bunny : The loans obtained from Carnell amounted to about LSO. The Assignee stated he was taking steps to realise the estate. The meeting then adjourned sine 4ie.