CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8] — Page 536

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and intimated their suspicion that

Our Bankruptay Law is a

enue thing

Mao

wring.

Law is a mus

his

tilated form of the defective Bankruptay

Staticle of 1861. I at once

auggested... removal and that he should be summoned

to

give up all books, monies and papers. The removal of an Assigned is not a thing that can be done in a moment

arranged)

and I believe it proceedings should be taken

day in the following

that

ov amme

week. I had

the lead empicion then that

not

a serious

defalcative had taken place but

thought there

Mab

a temporary difficully about payment of the dividendum

especially

as Mr. Watton informed

that Mr.

m

Wuffam had beer raising money

m

his furniture. On Saturday. I received

dun to the effect

a note from my

that Mr. Wolton would be glad to see

me. I at are went to the Court.

The hom

was

about 12 or a

-quarter to.

W. Waltor told me that the fear of thine bring something wrong

had been

ainfined, that M: 1 ufform had

confefsed to Mr. Voyllar that he was

a

defaulter to the

mount of $60,00

or to that effect..

am

Acting an Gud go in the Bankraftig

Cast I

Bankinpley

prepared to summon

him at me to appear but Mr. Woltar

said that there

were

fams that the

unhappy man would commit suicide

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