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Bankrupts Act 1662

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III.Verdict and Judgment in Replevin, whereby Sir John Wolstenholme, a Member of the East India Company, was adjudged liable to a Commission of Bankrupt, declared contrary to Law.

And be it further enacted That a Verdict and Judgement in Replevin heretofore had or given in the Terme of Easter in the Yeare One thousand six hundred fifty three in the Kings Bench betwixt Phineas Andrewes Plaintiffe Richard Woolward and William Meggs Defendants whereby Sir John Wolstenholme Knight and Adventurer in the said East India Company was adjudged and found lyable to a Commission of Bankrupts only for and by reason of a share hee had in the joynt Stock of the said Company and a pretended selling for money part of the return which hee had in Specie for his said Adventure shall be and is hereby declared contrary to Law and is hereby reversed and made void and null

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