✨ Bankruptcy Proceedings
UPON the application of Mr. Cottrell of Counsel for the said petitioner, Charles Oswald, after reading the said petition, purporting to be signed by the said petitioner, such debtor as aforesaid, and to be concurred in by Messrs. Mason and Co. and John James H. Morgan, both of Christchurch, in the said district, creditors to the extent of not less than fifty pounds in the whole, and also certain schedules, and also an affidavit to the said petition annexed, and therewith filed on the Ninth day of February 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 Oswald, and doth direct that the estate and effects of the said Charles Oswald shall 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 the provisions of the said Act: And this Court doth hereby appoint Monday, the Fifteenth day of May next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the hearing of the said 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 Oswald from arrest, execution, or other legal process until further order of the Court.
By the Court,
CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT,
(L.S.)
Registrar.
Sewell and Cottrell,
Gloucester-street, Christchurch,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 6
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Bankruptcy Petition for Charles Oswald
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 February 1865
Bankruptcy, Debtors Act, Charles Oswald, Sequestration, Receiver
- Charles Oswald, Subject of bankruptcy petition
- Henry Fowle Seager, Appointed Receiver under the Act
- John James H. Morgan, Creditor concurring in petition
- Mason, Creditor concurring in petition
- Christopher Alderson Calvert, Registrar
- Sewell and Cottrell, Solicitors for the Petitioner