(1) A proprietor of two firms was prosecuted for failing to appear in the Supreme Court for a Public Examination in Bankruptcy, and was sentenced to imprisonment for six months.
(2) A manager of a shirt factory was prosecuted and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment on three charges: that being a manager of the factory he failed to keep books of account; that he materially contributed to insolvency of the factory by gambling; and that after the bankruptcy he absconded from his place of abode for five years.
(3) A proprietor of a bankrupt watch firm absconded from his place of abode, but was traced and arrested. Subsequently he was charged with fraudulently removing watches to the value of about $180,000, removing books of account, and contributing to the failure of his firm by gambling. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for 18 months.
(4) A proprietor of a bookstore was arrested after absconding and being missing for three and a half years. He was charged with using reckless and inefficient business methods to run his business, and was convicted on five counts as follows: that he absconded for more than three and a half years to avoid a Public Examination in Bankruptcy; that he increased the extent of his insolvency by gambling; that he failed to preserve all his books of account; that he failed to keep proper books for two years prior to the bankruptcy petition; and that he failed to account for $35,000 in business losses when a Public Examina- tion was finally held. After taking into consideration that the defendant had been in custody for six months, the Judge sentenced the bankrupt to nine months' imprisonment.
(5) A camera dealer was prosecuted and was sentenced to im- prisonment for 18 months for failing to keep proper books of account, for selling at less than cost price goods obtained on credit, for failing to take stock regularly, and for failing to keep proper records of bank transactions and cash withdrawals.
Cases Concluded
122. Two cases were concluded, both bankruptcies, and the Official Receiver was duly released from his trusteeship.
Previous Cases still Outstanding
123. Sixty-two bankruptcies, including the eight pre-war cases already mentioned, were carried over from previous years, but in
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