Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
Wo40olfe Aaron, whose case wYas partly heard on Friday last, was again brought up this morning, John \Nr. Hardiman stated, that the insolvent owed him 1501. for Jewgllery. purchaised of Itimlin.llg astl,y Wttnesat who >ewt. e.,i2rcs4ihgoaErming . was in town iu Julne, tiPi'ent'with p>, aigf nszlytodgingsiitosearch forproperty5'Wlili lichsujte t' .b le d .fceaNtheye. Hereccivedthe keys ftfom.Airs. Xvolfe,bc pse tfo rnltnhjng. fle did fnlt recqIkcct that,any threatS wertladtiniu,~ Mrs. W0ioIfe to gsve. up dikeys. thoe nmasin nWo1,t1, olirn statld, that Aheh isoV) entwais ils debtorlo theaniuntof 191, fia cutlery supplied, to hirn.frobi.Vebruary to May1~t. 'lieLis delh;qey waLs on~ the 16th of. Mlay, and ivitness saw him. freqnent1l after tii;. Ie led itioney. lnhis 6sM ri' n weekor en ~lj~oreheletA hLs residence-bA~il he exeC'tQet is fromg Vlisg ahy to witne2s by saying be haid iills to pay. tar1y in May he had about 5001., 'aud gave Witness 2001. .Witne's saw a 1001. note andl a lOI. notp in lhis possession' besidcs. Witnesggave himn back the 2001.,opn his prom'ise to pav him sum in a fet days. He afterwards gave wltneas Qnly 141. 5s. 2d Isaac SaMiuels swore that he saw a roll of notes, abotit as'thick as his thumb, In the inisolvent's possessien ten or twelve days befofd he went awav it Mat . 'rhe aotsidle note, was either a 2;)L or a 561. note. e hal a seen Joseph dealini,.witls the ina oent at I'erjaniin's Cofbee-house, where Jewvs carry on deaiings to a lafge amnount. George Cliapel tat'ed, that he was in the silk trade, and saw the *nsolvent in May last, at his hIouse in London.wall. when he tojal ivitneas he expected a remittance,of 1,100) ducats, at part ofihis wife's fyrtune. At this time witness was transacting business With him, oni behalf of Mr. Kipling, to whom he'(wimness) commiar;cated wbat be sald abouthls awife's fortune; and throtgh him he obtained the goods from Mr. ICipling. q1he insolvent did not desire hiw,to say any thing of the dtcats to Mr. Kipling-' Wiliams hi ill, clerk to i tr. Purse, pawvnbroker, of London.jqall, swore that the insolvent did not pawn any hosiery or other goods there In Mlay last. John Hughes stated, that the liusolvent lodged in hls lrodise froAi a few days before Christmas to the end of April last. He told wit- ness that he lived withi a person named Gardener, in Tokenheuse- yard. In Februarv last a considerable quantity of hosiery goods caiie to the insolvent, tor which, he said, he had credit in the Poultry. The goods were generally sent out on the day after thev came. Witness objected to their going out on Sunday during Divine Service. Gardener la now in Newgate. Insolvent was porter to Gardener. The insolvent, In explaiation, stated, that he matle payments to his creditors In April and Asy to the amoutt of 5901;, of which he mentioned the particulars. The COURT after hearing counsel at considerable length on both sides, expressed their conviction of the utter falsehood of the state. ments contained in the insolvent's schedule; thev therefore ordered it to be dismissed. Mlr. HEATH, Who had been, out of Court while judgment wps pronouncing, upon his rcturn intinsated an opinion that the Court ad not the power, wider the k&, of'consigning the lisolvenit to pri. son for lif'e, which would be the effect of the judgment they had just delivered. A particular punislmeht: aot exceeding'lfnpfiifo1nnnt for three years, was allotted by the different sections of the act for the different offinces therein mentioned; but thefe was nothing In any of them to warrant the Court in extending the imprisonment be. yond three years, either tor fraudulet't conveahXAent of ploperty, or misrepresenration, as they had virtually done In this case. Mlr. Cornimissioner HARRIS observed, that the judgment whiuil the Court had pronounced was supported by num8erous precedests. none of which had ever been questioned. Counsel, however, might move, upon afliLdavit, if be pleased, to set it aside. John Afonk, whose case was heard on Saturlay, was remanded withii the walls of the prison for six calendar months. I iNSOLMYRT DEBTORS' COURT, 2fONDAY, OcT. 11.