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[Supreme Court Notices]
In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Westland District.
In the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Acts" and
In the matter of the Petition of Charles Sydney Brown of Hokitika, Contractor, a debtor.
Notice is hereby given that by an order of His Honor Mr. Justice Gresson, dated the Fourth day of February, 1867, the estate of the above named Charles Sydney Brown was sequestered, and protection from all legal process for debts granted to the said Charles Sydney Brown upon his petition filed in the Supreme Court at Hokitika, and the hearing of the petition was appointed to take place on Monday, the Third day of June, 1867, at the Supreme Court House, Hokitika, in the Westland District aforesaid, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon.
Dated at Hokitika, this 5th day of April, 1867.
H. E. Campbell,
Petitioner’s Solicitor.
Henry Barnes Gresson Judge of our Supreme Court in New Zealand at Hokitika this Fourteenth day of February One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
S. M. South,
Plaintiff’s Solicitor,
Hamilton Street, Hokitika.
In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Westland District.
In the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Acts" and
In the matter of the Petition of George Hamilton Cooper, of Hokitika, Carpenter, a debtor.
Notice is hereby given that by an order of His Honor Mr. Justice Gresson, dated the Twenty-second day of January, 1867, the estate of the above named George Hamilton Cooper was sequestered, and protection from all legal process for debts granted to the said George Hamilton Cooper upon his petition filed in the Supreme Court at Hokitika, and the hearing of the petition was appointed to take place on Monday, the Third day of June next, at the Supreme Court House, Hokitika, in the Westland District aforesaid, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon.
Dated at Hokitika, this 6th day of April, 1867.
H. E. Campbell,
Petitioner’s Solicitor.
To the said defendant:
We command you that you in your own proper person be and appear before such Judge of our said Supreme Court as shall be sitting at Hokitika on Wednesday the Fifteenth day of May next at ten o’clock in the forenoon and there to be examined touching the matters and premises and to do and receive what shall then and there be required and considered of you in that behalf and this you shall in no wise omit. Herein fail not.
And have you there this Writ.
Witness—
Henry Barnes Gresson, Judge of our Supreme Court in New Zealand at Hokitika this Eighteenth day of February One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
In which the said defendant shall at that time be legally or equitably entitled or otherwise beneficially interested in and whether solely or jointly with any other person or persons and all debts of any kind then due by you to the said defendant although the same or any part thereof may become due and payable on a future day.
Supreme Court – Westland District
List of Petitions of Persons Applying for Relief Under “The Debtors and Creditors Acts.”
| Date when Petition filed | Name of Petitioner | Whether as Debtor or as Creditor | As to whom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | |||
| April 11 | Denis McGuerney | Debtor | Self, Hotelkeeper, Waimea |
| „ 13 | George Dodd | Debtor | Self, Hotelkeeper, Hokitika |
| „ 18 | Matthew Ryan | Debtor | Self, Publican, Hokitika |
| „ 22 | Mark Sprot | Debtor | Self, Commission Agent, Revell Street, Hokitika |
| „ | Mark Sprot and James Craig | Debtors | Selves, trading as “Sprot and Craig,” Auctioneers and Commission Agents, Hokitika |
| „ 25 | Dennis Fitzpatrick | Debtor | Self, Publican, late of the Arahura Hotel, Arahura River, in custody for debt |
Hokitika, 30th April, 1867.
Robert Abbott,
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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⚖️ Sequestration of Estate of Charles Sydney Brown
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement5 April 1867
Supreme Court, Debtors and Creditors Acts, Sequestration, Hokitika
- Charles Sydney Brown, Estate sequestered
- H. E. Campbell, Petitioner’s Solicitor
⚖️ Writ of Examination for Defendant
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement18 February 1867
Supreme Court, Writ of Examination, Hokitika
- Henry Barnes Gresson, Judge of Supreme Court
- S. M. South, Plaintiff’s Solicitor
⚖️ Sequestration of Estate of George Hamilton Cooper
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement6 April 1867
Supreme Court, Debtors and Creditors Acts, Sequestration, Hokitika
- George Hamilton Cooper, Estate sequestered
- H. E. Campbell, Petitioner’s Solicitor
⚖️ List of Petitions for Relief Under Debtors and Creditors Acts
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement30 April 1867
Supreme Court, Petitions, Debtors, Creditors, Hokitika
6 names identified
- Denis McGuerney, Petitioner as Debtor
- George Dodd, Petitioner as Debtor
- Matthew Ryan, Petitioner as Debtor
- Mark Sprot, Petitioner as Debtor
- James Craig, Petitioner as Debtor
- Dennis Fitzpatrick, Petitioner as Debtor
- Robert Abbott, Registrar
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 23