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bearing of this case it may be needful to give ( a concise narrative of the dealings of these parkes when the unwarranted expressions by the Judge
on that occasion - and to which
we desire to call
your particular attention. mayy
then have a fuller significance and exppreciation
The particulars to which we would now
as follow.
advert are
Messrs Lyall & Shill of London, ordered xoods from forms. Manchester, for shipment to mefors Lyall Shell &C., Hong Kong
the London firm - Lyall of Shel giving their acceptances for such goods, on "conditions which were engrossed on the Invoice as follows.
" Invoice of 170 bales forwarded. to Killick Martin H. London, for " shipment per Ariel, & consigned to "Mesors Lyell Thee Her, Hong "Hong, for realisation, proceeds to
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be remitted specially to meet Messrs "Ge : Lyall of C. F. Stills acceptances "against the shipment:
These conditions were essented to
by
from at Hong Kong who under date
the
December 164th 1866 writes thus -
"We have the pleasure to acknowledge your favour of 244th Oct. in which
you
into between
" refer especially to the arrangement entered
your good selves & Messrs "Ge: Lyall 7 C. F. Still for the remittance from this side of cost of four shipments
"of goods purchased on our account
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These
by
arrangements we have now to say will be carefully attended to us of remittances will be made in "the form appended to
"Copies of our letters
your
letter
our letters advising remittances " to our friends will be sent to you
"regularly"
On these terms it will be seen a bien is established on the goods or proceeds of sale -
Nevertheless about the date of this letter the shipping documents of the goods (then afloat! were made over to certain banks by George Maclean and on the 30th Pharmber and 22nd December assignments
were made to
the banks of all or nearly all the property helde
That Maclean at the time was aware that his form
was insolvent is shown by the
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