| Description | Can goods be distrained for rent when they have already been sold "bona fide" in a transaction before two witnesses for a valuable consideration? This question arose out of an Amlwch case in which Jones owed Roberts £50; being pressed for the money Jones sold cattle and goods to Roberts to cover the same, but the cattle, etc., were not removed to his own place by R. "as it was conveniency for him John Roberts to have fodder for them there."; Jones absconded to America upon which R. at once removed all to his own place except a clock and desk; when he went to fetch these, he found bailiffs in possession who had come to distrain for rent due to Lord Boston by Jones. Could Roberts keep possessions of the goods he had already taken, and even demand the clock and desk? The counsel to whom the question was submitted was D.Ellis Nanney of Gwynfryn by Llanystumdwy, whose luminous opinions are freely scattered over North Wales estate papers of the early 19th century. Yes he stated,Roberts was safe, because the sale by Jones was honest,and because there was no proof that Roberts at that time had any Knowledge that rent was due from Jones to his landlord; also, the Statute forbids removal of the tenant's goods only, not the removal "of those which are bona fide another's" (29 May, 1818) |