Charles Shorto was a miller in the parish of Stratton, Dorset, England. As solicitor for Charles Shorto, Richard Nicholas Howard of Melcombe Regis, Dorset placed the following announcement in The London Gazette on November 21, 1876 under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the County Court of Dorsetshire, holden at Dorchester. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Shorto, of the parish of Stratton, in the county of Dorset, Miller. NOTICE is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at the Antelope Hotel, Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, on the 6th day of December, 1876, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon precisely, – Dated this 16th day of November, 1876.
Thomas Newman, an accountant at Dorchester was made trustee and the following announcement was placed in The London Gazette on December 12, 1876 under his name
In the County Court of Dorsetshire, holden at Dorchester. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Shorto, of the parish of Stratton, in the county of Dorset, Miller. THOMAS NEWMAN, of Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, Accountant, has been appointed Trustee of the property of the debtor. All persons having in their possession any of the effects of the debtor must deliver them to the trustee, and all debts due to the debtor must be paid to the trustee. Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must forward their proofs of debts to the trustee.—Dated this 9th day of December, 1876.
A subsequent announcement was place in The London Gazette on January 5, 1877 anouncing a proposed settlement of six shillings and eight pence in the pound
In the County Court of Dorsetshire, holden at Dorchester. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Shorto, of the parish of Stratton, in the county of Dorset, Miller. A GENERAL Meeting of the Creditors of the abovenamed Charles Shorto is hereby summoned to be held at the Antelope Hotel, Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, on Wednesday, the 10th day of January next, at one o’clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of confirming the resolutions unanimously passed at a General Meeting held in this matter at the said Antelope Hotel, Dorchester, this day, viz :—The authorizing the Trustee (in pursuance of section 28 of the above’-named Act), to accept such a sum for the purchase of the estate of the said debtor as will suffice to pay the costs of the liquidation, and all proceedings connected herewith, and all rents, rates, taxes, and wages, and a composition of six shillings and eight pence in the pound upon all provable debts due from the said debtor, the same to be paid within one month from this 1st day of January, 1877. The discharge of the debtor, and the release of the Trustee, – Dated this 1st day of January, 1877.
Finally on January 12, 1877 an announcement in the The London Gazette declared
In the County Court of Dorsetshire, holden at Dorchester. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Charles Shorto, of the parish of Stratton, in the county of Dorset. THB creditors of the above-named Charles Shorto who have not already proved their debts, are required, on or before the 26th day of January, 1877, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, to me, the undersigned, Thomas Newman, of Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, Accountant, the Trustee under the liquidation, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of the Dividend proposed to be declared.—Dated this 10th day of January, 1877.
