CO129-190 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [10-12] — Page 373

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Enquiring in what manner? 04 proceeding in a most insulting though I had been a clandestine way any authority and when without being that founds every step had been taken in the most regular manner on 11 May and that the order had been made by himself be said to be an improvident order - it was which ought not to have been made. He then informed me that Mr Wetton had objected to the proposed sales as not being for the benefit of the Estate, and handed an affidavit of Mr. Wotton in which it was stated, that on behalf of three Creditors named and others not named, he objected to the sale as not being for the benefit of the Estate, the three Creditors named, were, I believe, all females, whose proofs were about $5000 out of a total of about $36,000. I then explained to the Chief Justice the fact that Mr. Wotton had objected when the advertisement for sale first appeared in May last, not to the sale but to the employment of Messrs Stopheus and Holmes, his firm having been employed.

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Enquiring in what manner? 04 proceeding in a most insulting though I had been a clandestine way any authority and when without being that founds every step had been taken in the most regular manner on 11 May and that the order had been made by himself be said to be an improvident order - it was which ought not to have been made. He then informed me that Mr Wetton had objected to the proposed sales as not being for the benefit of the Estate, and handed an affidavit of Mr. Wotton in which it was stated, that on behalf of three Creditors named and others not named, he objected to the sale as not being for the benefit of the Estate, the three Creditors named, were, I believe, all females, whose proofs were about $5000 out of a total of about $36,000. I then explained to the Chief Justice the fact that Mr. Wotton had objected when the advertisement for sale first appeared in May last, not to the sale but to the employment of Messrs Stopheus and Holmes, his firm having been employed. Page 360 Page 370
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proceeding in

a

most insulting

though I had been

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way

any authority and when

without

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every step had been taken in the most

regular

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improvident order-

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made. He then informed

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an

affidavit.

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stated

of Mr. Wotton in which it

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stated, that

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behalf of thre

Creditors named and others not

named, he objected to the sale

as

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the Estate, the three Creditors

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proofs

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ted to some.

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Chief Justice

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for

sale

first appeared in May last, not to the sale but to the

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