Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
Gustaviovs Edward Bceker.s, a native of Russia, wKas posed by lr. COOrE, for ileesrs. Reeves and Son; and by MJr. Wm. Strut. ton in person. It appeared that the insolvent's brothers were mer- chants, residingat Mloscow, and that hehad as their agent purchased L'oods here from illesrss. Reeves,and consigned them to his brothers. He received from them, during his residence here, a considerable property bequeathed to him in his mother's will, to which they were executwrs, an4 a sum cf 30,000 rubles (1,4001.) over; but he de- nied being, or even having represented himself to be, a partner with his brothers at AMoscow. It not being proved that he had ever made a representation to that effect, although Mr. Reeves under- stood him to be a member of the Aloscow firm when he sold him the goods, the Court were of opinion that no case was established against him by Mlessrs. Reeves; and Mtir. Strutton, who opposed on the ground of a vexatious defence to an action for 181. l8s., net being prepared to produce the proceedings in evidence, the insolvent was eclared to be entitled to his discharge. Jol/ar fhlggins was opposed by fOr. PoLL.ocK for a creditor namned Hill, whose attorney stated that the insolvent took vexatious defence to anaction on a bill of exchange for 201., and ran his client to 811I. costs. The insolvent produced a witness who stated he had offered, at the attorney's office, to pay all the costs then incurred, and give a good bill for the debt, which olfer the plaintiff aeceded to, when the at- torney interfered, and broke of the negotiation. The insolvent then proceeded with the defence, in order to gain time. The COURT declared,that although thev by no ineans viewed the insolvent's conduct in a very aggravated light, yet they were bountl by the clause of the act not to suffer it to pass wholly unnoticed ; and therefore ordered him to be remanded for four months within the walls.0reaa orfumotswhi Johrn Sudweeks, formerly a gamekeeper, was opposed on behalf of a Alr. Mayne ; and it appearing that shortly before his imprison- inent he was in the possession of con.siderable property, for which he was now unable satisfactorilv to account, he was remanded for six calendar months within the walls. INSOLVENP DEBTORS' COURT To)n.-v Afv !