Some Distinguished Victims of the ScaffoldBleackley, Horace
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Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold
Bleackley, Horace
Criminals -- Great Britain; Executions and executioners; Trials -- Great Britain
_Dr._ _Cr._
First div. 3s. 4d., Feb. 7, First div., £92,486 0
1825, £92,486 0 Second div., 92,486 0
Second div. 3s. 4d., Aug. Third div., 46,243 0
30, 1825, 92,486 0 Received by the official
Third div. 1s. 8d., (paid assignee at 84 Basinghall
before Dec. 28, 1832), 46,243 0 Street from Dec. 28,
Fourth div. 5d., Dec. 23, 1832, to Oct 7, 1837, 160,930 0
1833, 11,560 15 /
Fifth div. 1s., Sept. 9, /
1835, 27,745 16 /
Bank of England, Sept. /
1835, 95,000 0 /
Expenses of Administration /
up to Dec. 24, 1833, 11,000 0 /
Balance (including all costs /
from Dec. 24, 1833, to /
Oct. 7, 1837, and out of /
which the final dividend /
was made on Oct. 7, /
1837,) 15,628 9 /
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£392,150 0 £392,150 0
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[Sidenote: The private estates of the partners.]
The private estates of Messrs Stracey and Graham paid twenty shillings
in the pound before the end of 1833; and upon that of Mr Marsh, the
senior partner, who appears to have been indebted to the firm for a
loan of £73,000, excluding his overdraft on his private account, a
distribution of 17s. 6d. had been made before 1834. Little was received
on Fauntleroy’s estate, as it was claimed almost entirely by the
creditors of the Berners Street Bank.
[Sidenote: Losses under Fauntleroy’s management.]
It is now possible to form an estimate of the extent to which Messrs
Marsh, Stracey & Company were defaulters, and what were the losses
under the Fauntleroy régime. The total receipts set against the claims
of the creditors and the money stolen from the Bank of England, show a
deficiency of £522,980. Thus:--
_Dr._ _Cr._
Claims of the creditors (to pay Total receipts £392,150
20s. in the £) £554,916 Deficiency 522,980
Gross loss of the Bank 360,214
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£915,130 £915,130
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[Sidenote: How the losses were incurred.]
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