On Monday last, Mr. Serjeant Dowling held a Court at York Castle, for the hearing of insolvent debtors on their petitions.
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ORDER FOR HEARING DISMISSED. - In the case of Robert Foster Wray, of Leeds, temperance hotel keeper, picture dealer, late treasurer of the Leeds Central Loan Society and letter-press printer, the insolvent refused to be heard; consequently the order for his hearing was dismissed.
Source: findmypast - Leeds Intelligencer, 20 December 1851, Page 8