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for the means of his support, the bankruptcy could 

 not be sustained. To these petitions, several affi- 

 davits had been put in reply, but the Court, consi- 

 dering them to be unsatisfactory, directed that the 

 evidence should be adduced before a jury, of the 

 facts stated in the bankrupt's answer. 



The issue, then, to be tried, was this : first, was 

 the bankrupt a livery stable-keeper, as he alleged 

 himself to be ; and secondly, was he a general 

 dealer in hay and corn. Several witnesses were 

 called, who deposed to Chifney's having occa- 

 sionally sold hay and corn to Mr. Tebbold, to the 

 Duke of Cleveland, Sir M.Wood, Mr. Thornhill, 

 to his brother, WiUiam Chifney, and other persons. 

 The bankrupt himself was also called, and examined 

 by Mr. Petersdorf. He stated that he had been a 

 Jivery stable-keeper for upw^ards of thirty years ; 

 he took in to livery at Newmarket the horses of 

 respectable persons, and did not limit the number 

 to racers, as he had carriage-horses, brood mares, 

 hunters, &c. He bought and sold hay and corn 

 to several persons, but kept no accounts, and 

 never had any books, as he was no scholar. His 

 wife occasionally made memorandums of what was 

 bought or sold, upon a loose sheet of paper ; but, 

 not thinking they would be necessary after the 

 accounts were settled, they were destroyed. For 

 the last four or five years, he has been trainer to 

 the Duke of Cleveland, but all his life before that, 

 he was a livery stable-keeper. 



