BIGGS v. WALLACE

[1918] VLR 502·HOOD, J.
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[1918] VLR 502
1918 VLR 502
BIGGS v. WALLACE Supreme Court of Victoria HOOD, J. 23 August 1918 Attachment — Contempt — Failure to obey order to pay costs — Prior sequestration of estate in insolvency, effect of — Conviction by justices — Order to review conviction — Whether a continuation of proceedings before justices — "Process against the person" — Debt provable in insolvency — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 173, 174, 175 .

The hearing of an information charging the defendant with an offence punishable summarily was adjourned from 28th August until 11th September 1917, and on the latter date the defendant was convicted. The defendant had on the 7th September 1917 voluntarily sequestrated his estate in insolvency. An order nisi to review the order convicting him was obtained by the defendant

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