The Archive · 1926

A JUDGE'S ADVICE

Pay Something on Account and Keep Creditors Calm In H. M, Supreme Court, on Monday, B. F. Blakeney, appeared on judgment summons for $1,162, at the instance of the liquidators. of Messrs. Garner, Quelch & Co.- It explained that the debt was for liquor supplied to. the Continental Hotel under a somewhat, involved arrangement, defendant apparently being in the position of a guarantor, Cross-examined by Mr. V. Priest: defendant he received 'a salary of Ti, 400 per month, His wife kept a boarding house, "but little profit had been made out of it and he had to keep her in food at the rate of $150 per month and clothes at, $100 per month. He had been unable to act up to. a promise to pay the debt, because he had been mains taining an invalid sister and now he had, sent her Home, Judge Grain made an order for the payment of $120 this month, with leave to Counsel to make a further application on the same summons if necessary, and he gave judgment for $38 costs, To de-Yendant he said:—"I trust you will do your best to pay something, fis not a good thing for you to come'

have your affairs discussed in Court. If you pay only a por ion of your debts your er become quite calm, but if you do nor pay anything they get annoyed."

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