CHARLES BASSETT ROE and THOMAS JOHN - WILLIAM DUNNETT, Manchester, commission agent and MEETINGS. at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.Jas. Senior, Lascelles-hall, and Waterloo, Yorkshire, manufacturer of fancy cloths, Feb. 1 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Feb. 3 at 10, div.-William Scott, Earl's Heaton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Jan. 31 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; Feb. 2 at 11, div.-J. W. Bake, Bristol, currier, Feb. 1 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-M. Harris, Swansea, Glamorganshire, draper, Feb. 1 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-James Warren, Bristol, merchant, Feb. 5 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-O. P. Wathen, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, clothier, Feb. 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-George Seaborn, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, baker, Feb. 5 at 2, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Walter Jacks, Bristol, merchant, Feb. 2 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Joseph B. Williams, Bristol, wholesale ironmonger, Jan. 30 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.; Feb. 1 at 11, div.-Russell Bowlby, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, scrivener, Feb. 1 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-Charles James Williams and Ed. Nevill, Birmingham, factors, Feb. 3 at half-past 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, Henry Gouger, Great Winchester-street, London, mer aud. ac.; Feb. 5 at half-past 11, fin. div.-Thos. L. Parker, chant, Jan. 19 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, pr. d.- Edgbaston, Warwickshire, coal merchant, Jan. 31 at 1, DisSaunders Chew, Clipston, Northamptonshire, flour and malt trict Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-J. Haydealer, Jan. 19 at 10, Court of Bankruptcy, London, pr. d.- ward, Milverton, Warwickshire, miller, Feb. 2 at 2, District Thos. F. Lucas, Long Buckly, Northamptonshire, coach pro- Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.-William Byprietor, Jan. 19 at half-past 10, Court of Bankruptcy, London, water, Hemington, Leicestershire, carpenter, Feb. 2 at halfch. ass.-Rich. Parker, Deptford-row. Rotherhitha, Sunnay, Distint Court of Bankruntar Rimmingham and linen draper, Jan. 23 at half-past 2, Court of Bankruptcy, Hervey Lane, Derby, innkeeper, Feb. 2 at half-past 1, ˆDisLondon, last ex.; Jan. 30 at 12, div.-Wm. Taylor, Spring-trict Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. John head, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, wool merchant, Jan. 19 at 11, Rowles, Leicester, worsted manufacturer, Jan. 31 at half-past District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Joseph 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.—R. Crisp, Liverpool, and Liscard, Cheshire, auctioneer, Jan. 24 Conibeere and Ed. Butler, jun., Birmingham, woollen drapers, at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, last ex.- Feb. 9 at half-past 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, BirThomas Chappell, Sudbury, Suffolk, licensed victualler, Feb. mingham, aud. ac. and div.-Benjamin Spencer, Nottingham, 2 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac. and div.- baker, Jan. 31 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, BirHoratio Wyer, Newington-causeway, Surrey, tailor and dra-mingham, aud. ac.-- Sam. P. Gladstone, Crisp-street, East per, Feb. 2 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.— India-road, Poplar, Middlesex, shipwright, Feb. at half-past -John Grieve, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, London, en- 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.—Julius E. Beerbohm graver, Feb. 2 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, and W. E. Slaughter, Fenchurch-street, London, merchants, and. ac.-John Whipple, Crown-street, Finsbury, Middlesex, Feb. 2 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div. sep. est. W. E. stay manufacturer, Jan. 30 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, Lon- Slaughter. - Chas. Holloway, Stockbridge, Hampshire, vicdon, aud. ac.-Richard Toulson, New Lambeth-house, West- tualler, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, minster-bridge-road, Lambeth, Surrey, furnishing warehouse- div.-H. Jones, Canterbury, victualler, Jan 30 at 1, Court of man, Jan. 30 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, Bankruptcy, London, div.-R. Collier, Hythe and Folkstone, and. ac.-Henry Hugh Barker and James Bean, Argyll-st., Kent, draper, Jan. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, Oxford-st., Middlesex, tailors, Jan. 30 at half-past 11, Court div.-Abraham L. Bensusan and Josh. Brandon, Walbrookof Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Wm. B. Cockerill, Reed- buildings, London, merchants, Jan. 30 at 1, Court of Bankham, Norfolk, butcher, Jan. 30 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, ruptcy, London, div. sep. est. Josh. Brandon.-Jos. Hayman London, aud. ac.—Chas. Killick and John Sadd, Blackman- Arnold and Wm. Henry Woollett, Clement's-lane, London, street, Borough, Surrey, paper stainers, Jan. 30 at 12, Court insurance agents, Jan. 30 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John W. Gray and Robt. London, div.-John Levett, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, Gray, Bishop's Waltham, Southampton, corn dealers, Jan. 30 farmer, Feb. 1 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- Birmingham, aud. ac.; Nov. 1 at half-past 11, div.— William Jos. Pierce, Golden Lion, Dean-street, Soho, Middlesex, li- Castle, Wanborough, Wiltshire, sheep dealer, Jan. 31 at 1, censed victualler, Jan. 30 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, Lon- District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, div. don, aud. ac.- -John Ball, St. George's-place, Hyde-parkcorner, Middlesex, tailor, Jan. 30 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Jos. Harrison, Lower Rock- To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on the mews, and St. James-street, Brighton, Sussex, coach builder, Feb. 8 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Alex. Thos. Harwood, Streatham, Surrey, lodging-house keeper, Jan. 30 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.; Feb. 1 at 11, div.—Hen. M. Low and Wm. M. Westerman, Chundernagore, Calcutta, merchants, Feb. 1 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.; Feb. 2 at 11, div. - Joseph Brace, Willow-walk, Bermondsey, Surrey, tanner, Jan. 25 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Fred. Wm. E. Barandon, Philpot-lane, London, merchant, Jan. 31 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-J. Mallett, Hadley, Middlesex, miller, Jan. 31 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-James G. West, High-street, Wandsworth, Surrey, grocer, Jan. 31 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Rich. Potter, Gisborne-park, Yorkshire, Feb. 5 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 7 at 11, div.-Benj. Hargreaves, Manchester, tailor, Feb. 1 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.; Feb. 2 at 12, fin. div. -Chas. Pearsall, Anderton, Cheshire, boiler maker, Feb. 1 CERTIFICATES Day of Meeting. George John Pouchee, Oxford-street, Middlesex, stationer, Feb. 1 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Samuel Pears, Old Jewry, London, wine merchant, Feb. 2 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-John B. L. Farrant, Maidstone, Kent, agricultural machine maker, Feb. 1 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Hugh Welch Diamond, Frith-street, St. Ann, Westminster, Middlesex, surgeon, Feb. 1 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. B. M'Pherson, Rosemary-branch Tavern, Hoxton, Islington, Middlesex, victualler, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London. -Wm. B. Cockerill, Reedham, Norfolk, butcher, Jan. 30 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Peter A. Nuttall, Edward-terrace, Chalk-road, Islington, Middlesex, newspaper vendor, Feb. 1 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London. -John M. Wintle, Drury-lane, Middlesex, silversmith, Jan. 30 at halfpast 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm. Rolfe, Therfield, Hertfordshire, farmer, Jan. 30 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-L. Moseley, High-street, Shadwell, Middlesex, Staffordshire warehouseman, Jan. 31 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Wm, Warren, Pownall Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, blacksmith, Feb. 1 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. To be allowed by the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before Jan. 30. John Millington and Thos. Salter, Manchester, and Lowmills, near Chorley, Lancashire, calico printers.-R. Stevens, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, farmer.-Geo. Taylor, Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire, mercer.-Henry Bourne, Wolsingham, Durham, scrivener.-Wm. S. Bate and Thos. Bate, Rugeley, Staffordshire, brewers. Edward Wren, assignee.-Philip Gammon, Ilfracombe, De-> vonshire, farmer, No. 63,950 C.; Edward Wren, assignee. Veoletta Emily Mackenzie, High-street, Camden-town, Middlesex, widow, No. 54,901 T.; Edward Ives Fuller, assignee. The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-st., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 9. Chas. Hallett, Upper York-street, Bryanstone-square, Middlesex, cabinet maker.-John Few, Maze-place, Maze-pond, Tooley-street, Surrey, out of business.-Jonathan Lithell, Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, Middlesex, coach smith.-Thos. Wm. Birch, Camden-street, Islington-green, Middlesex, watch maker. Jas. Bradbury, Strand, Middlesex, cutler.-John Skingsley, Castle-street, High-street, Whitechapel, cab proWm. Gorton, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, London, fishmonger prietor.-Harison Cock, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, Midand provision merchant. dlesex, green grocer. FIAT ANNULLED. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. Thos. H. Kough and Edw. Saxton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, attornies, solicitors, and conveyancers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Jas. Halkett, Dundee, manufacturer.-Christopher Keenan, Edinburgh, linen draper. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. GEORGE HAMMOND MEARES and EDWARD RICHARDS, Lombard-street, London, ship and insurance brokers. BANKRUPTS. Robert Henry Rodwell, Providence-place, Kentish-town, Mid-THOMAS ROBOTHAM, Aldersgate-street, London, lidlesex, piano forte maker. Geo. Berkeley, Eastington, Longdon, Worcestershire, farmer. remony Iowa-giveny Trevovalaman, MIUUitova, pru prietor of a boarding school. Isaac Shayer, Berwick-street, Westminster, Middlesex, tailor. John Simpson, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, Middlesex, oil and colour man. John William Mott, Chancery-lane, Holborn, Middlesex, sheriff's officer. Edward Casement, West-street, Neckinger, Bermondsey, carpenter. Levi West, Bath, Somersetshire, attorney at law. Emma Webb, Tunstal, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, assistant to a mercer. Thomas Firth, Lockwood, Almondbury, Yorkshire, innkeeper. Lewis Buckle Bartholomew, Whitley, Reading, Berkshire, William Swain, Hulme, Manchester, joiner. Thomas Cheshire, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, cabinet maker. 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London: Printed by WALTER M'DOWALL, PRINTER, 4, PEMBERTON ROW, and Published by STEPHEN SWEET, BOOKSELLER and PUBLISHER. 3, CHANCERY LANE. Saturday, January 31, 1844. No. 367-VOL. VIII. JAN. 20, 1844. Price is or with Supplement 28. The following are the Names of the Gentlemen who favour THE JURIST with Reports of Cases argued and decided in the several Courts of Law and Equity: actions between individuals. There is the often-noticed subject of the examination upon the removal of a pauper, (though that can scarcely be correctly called a transaction between individuals), the law upon which has at last been brought to such a state, that nothing short of its total repeal can afford an adequate remedy for the evil it causes. But we refrain, and will proceed at once to the subject we have mainly in view, and, as introductory to which, we have been somewhat uncon THEY who are acquainted with the laws of this country cannot have failed to observe what fruitful sources of litigation legislative provisions have been, which require persons to observe particular forms in doing certain acts. We speak of our own laws, because with them our readers are familiar; and to allude to the laws of other countries, would require more explanation than our space allows. To take, then, an in-sciously led to make the foregoing remarks; it is the stance near at home. No doubt, Lord Hale, if the opinion which attributes to him the framing of the Statute of Frauds be correct, and Lord Nottingham, if it be true that it originated with him, and Lord Keeper Guildford, who is also said to have had a great share in the penning of it, when they procured that celebrated statute to be passed, thought it a measure excellently calculated to prevent fraud, and to protect honest men. And yet, if our memory serves us aright, it has been said by more than one judge, (and if it had not, we need not hesitate to say it), that it is a question, whether the statute has not been the cause of more frauds than it was ever intended to prevent. It is unnecessary to quote particular instances. We will but allude to the cases respecting guarantees from the time of Wain v. Warlters to the present; and who can doubt, that, in most, if not all, of those cases, the statute was made use of to evade the performance of a just obligation? And this, we fear, must ever be the case. Fraud is too powerful to be restrained within any bounds that the law can set to it. Before the statute the danger was, that a person might be obliged to perform a contract which he had never made; since, it has been, that he may escape from performing one which he has made. The quantity of fraud is the same; it has only been made to change sides. We might mention other instances, illustrative of the effect of requiring the observance of certain forms in transVOL. VIII. B law respecting the attestation of warrants of attorney and cognovits. This, as our readers well know, has, within a few years, been declared by statute; but we shall, nevertheless, examine what it was previously, because we have found, that a rule of law is both better understood and better remembered when it is traced from its origin, and its various changes are noted. Formerly the law was, that a warrant of attorney need not be by deed, and did not require an attesting witness. (5 Taunt. 264). To this an exception had been made in 15 Car. 2, by a rule of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, that, where the defendant was in custody by arrest, "No bailiff or sheriff's officer shall presume to exact or take from him any warrant to acknowledge a judgment, but in the presence of an attorney for the defendant, who shall subscribe his name thereto." It having been deemed sufficient, upon this rule, for the plaintiff's attorney to be present and subscribe the warrant as attorney for the defendant, another rule was made in the Queen's Bench, (4 Geo. 2), that "No warrant of attorney executed by any person in custody of a sheriff or other officer, for the confessing of judgment, shall be valid or of any force, unless there be present some attorney on the behalf of such person in custody, to be expressly named by him, and attending at his request, to inform him of the nature and effect of such warrant of attorney, before the same is executed; |