This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... at the time, he might very probably sell at undervalue, intending to abscond, for cash, or the bill of a perfectly solvent person which would pass current; but why should he sell all his property to a person of limited (if any) means on a stipulation that he should be paid within three months. depriving himself of all other power of disposition? Barry, the brother-in-law, who prepared the paper, and must have known something of the dealing, avoided the risk of being called asa witness about it, and d_id not otherwise attest it. The defendant's account of the making of the bargain is improbably scanty, yet inconsistent. He gives no intelligible reason for asking Kenny to attest the paper. Then he says that agreement was varied at Edwards's request, who discovered that he wanted cash, and took 400, somewhat enlarging the time for paying the balance, 11,000, getting notes for that sum, 250, 850. and in return gave the lost document, dated November 10. operating under the Lands Transfer Act, enabling the defendant to deal at pleasure with the landed property, not retaining even an agreement for lien over it or the chattels handed over. We then have from Clay only the substitution on December 24, of another document dated November 10, not very material perhaps, but inconsistent with the defendant's evidence. In January, then, we have, according to defendant, another variation of arrangement--Mrs. Read paid 592 by him. when 250 only was due by him to Edward, the old notes given up a new one of 508 given without any evidence of adjustment about interest or di-count. According to the defendant, next, a few days before the note for 508 was due, he paid adebt of Edwards's tothe Bank of Victoria, ...