Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 19

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✨ Supreme Court Notices



In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Canterbury District.

In the matter of "The Debtors' and Creditors' Act, 1862," and

In the matter of the Petition of Charles Baker, of the Ferry-road, near Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, carpenter, a debtor not in custody.

W. S. Moorhouse,
Solicitor, Christchurch.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Canterbury District.

In the matter of Rowland Davis, heretofore of Lyttelton, in the Province of Canterbury, Innkeeper, then of Christchurch, in the said Province, Innkeeper, and now of the Ferry Road, near Christchurch aforesaid, out of business, a Debtor not in custody.

In the matter of Charles Baker, of the Ferry Road, near Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, Carpenter, a Debtor not in custody.

This Fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, upon the application of W. S. Moorhouse, of Counsel for the said Petitioner, Charles Baker, after reading the said Petition, purporting to be signed by the said Petitioner, such Debtor as aforesaid, to be concurred in by John Baker, of the Ferry-road, near Christchurch aforesaid,

Carter, a Creditor to the extent of not less than Fifty pounds sterling in the whole, and also the affidavit of the said Charles Baker, filed the Third day of March instant, pursuant to the said Act. This Court being satisfied of the truth of the matters contained in the said Petition, doth hereby grant an ad interim order of Sequestration of the estate and effects of the said Charles Baker, and doth direct that the estate and effects of the said Charles Baker be taken and held by Henry Fowle Seager, of Christchurch, printer, as receiver under the said Act, hereby appointed by the Court, subject to such further order of the Court as may be made under or in pursuance of this Act.

And this Court doth hereby appoint the first day of sittings of this Court, pursuant to the said Act, after the Seventeenth day of March instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the hearing of such Petition and the proof of debts and claims of Creditors, at the Court House, Christchurch, aforesaid.

And this Court doth also further order and grant an ad interim order of protection, to protect the person and estate of the said Charles Baker from further arrest, execution, or other legal process, until further order of this Court.

By the Court,
Christopher Alderson Calvert,
Registrar.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.—Canterbury District.

List of Petitions of Persons applying for Relief under the "Debtors' and Creditors' Act, 1862," (Section XXV).

Date when Petition filed. Petitioner's Name. Whether as Debtor or as Creditor. As to whom.
1864:
April 22... Ralph Byron... Debtor... Petitioner, of Christchurch, Draper.
29... Arthur Sidney Robinson. Debtor... Petitioner, of Christchurch, Surveyor.

Christchurch, 2nd May, 1864.

Christopher Alderson Calvert,
Registrar.

Christchurch:
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the 'Press' Office, Cashel-street, by James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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⚖️ Debtors' and Creditors' Act Petition Hearing

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
4 March 1864
Supreme Court, Canterbury, Debtors' and Creditors' Act, Petition Hearing
  • Charles Baker, Debtor petitioner
  • John Baker, Creditor concurring in petition
  • Henry Fowle Seager, Appointed receiver

  • W. S. Moorhouse, Solicitor
  • Christopher Alderson Calvert, Registrar

⚖️ List of Petitions for Relief under Debtors' and Creditors' Act

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
2 May 1864
Supreme Court, Canterbury, Debtors' and Creditors' Act, Petition List
  • Ralph Byron, Petitioner for relief
  • Arthur Sidney Robinson, Petitioner for relief

  • Christopher Alderson Calvert, Registrar