 An Act Against Such Persons as do Make Bankrupts, ' ' and is in part as follows : "Where divers and sundry persons craftily obtaining into their hands great substance of other men's goods, do suddenly flee to parts unknown, or keep their houses, not minding...  The Pamphleteer - Page 361edited by - 1818Full view - About this book
 | John Reeves, William Francis Finlason - 1879 - 592 pages
...of this new provision for the recovery of debts, are described as those who "craftily obtaining into their hands great substance of other men's goods,...suddenly flee to parts unknown, or keep their houses (a);" so that (a) It will be observed that the preamble of this act is very much the same as that of... | |
 | Jabez Franklin Cowdery - 1880 - 198 pages
...chap. 6, AD 1542, is as follows: "Whereas divers and sundry persons, craftily obtaining into their own hands great substance of other men's goods, do suddenly...to pay or restore to any of their creditors their debts and dues, but, of their own wills and pleasures, consume the substance obtained by credit of... | |
 | Nova Scotia. Supreme Court - 1881 - 614 pages
...who, in the quaint language of the preamble, " craftily obtaining into their hands great snbst&nce of other men's goods do suddenly flee to parts unknown,...to pay or restore to any of their creditors their debts or dues, but, at their own wills and pleasure, consume the substance obtained by credit of other... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1882 - 906 pages
...•who, craftily obtaining into their hands great substance of other men's goods, do suddenly fiee to parts unknown, or keep their houses, not minding to pay, or return to pay, any of their creditors their debts and duties, but at their own will and pleasure consume... | |
 | 1884 - 512 pages
...that the Act describes itself as having been passed to deal with those "who craftily obtaining into ' their hands great substance of other men's goods do...'flee to parts unknown, or keep their houses, not mind' ing to pay, or return to pay, any of their creditors their debts 1 and duties; but at their own... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 712 pages
...follows : " Whereas, divers and sundry Persons craftily obtaining into their hands great substances of other Men's Goods, do suddenly flee to parts unknown,...to pay or restore to any of their Creditors their Debts and Duties, but at their own Wills and Pleasures, consume the Substance obtained by Credit of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 716 pages
...follows : " Whereas, divers and sundry Persons craftily obtaining into their hands great substances of other Men's Goods, do suddenly flee to parts unknown,...to pay or restore to any of their Creditors their Debts and Duties, but at their own Wills and Pleasures, consume the Substance obtained bjr Credit of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1887 - 714 pages
...Whereas, divers and sundry Persons craftily obtaining into their hands great substances of other Men'e Goods, do suddenly flee to, parts unknown, or keep...to pay or restore to any of their Creditors their Debts and Duties, but at their own Wills and Pleasures, consume the Substance obtained by Credit of... | |
 | Theodore William Dwight - 1894 - 940 pages
...comprehensive. It is plainly directed against fraudulent debtors in general, who, "craftily obtaining into their hands great substance of other men's goods,...their houses, not minding to pay or restore to any their creditors their debts and duties, but at their own wills and pleasures consume the substance... | |
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