Macau where he had taken refuge - and he applied by founded to annul the adjudication. As the procedings
ivere invalidates al was
annul
the adjudication.
obliged
to
The sale of Staffan's furniture then took place, his wife receiving the process. This conviction and
incarceration followed.
The most searching enquiries
were made, and no
due to
any
more property of any kind being discovered, the attempts to make Stuffam a bankrupt discontinued by the fourt.
wvere
I have repeated by and strongly expressed my disapprobation of the
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of
the conduct
of
the creditors
of
the
defrauded estates in this matter.
I may perhaps here state,
that to the apathy of the creditors
or their
agents,
and to the lax
manner in which business has
usually been conducted in between merchants in these
matters d attribute
Hongkong
the
to
principally
opportunity afforded to stuffam
knake
were
away
with so
large
a sum.
Soon after Lyall Still lo
adjudicated bankrupts three
Hommittee of
resident in
persons
Stopkony
was
appointed to advice Stuffam
to the investiment
then
and
the
money's