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 84 PEDEBAL BEPOBTEB. �18 N. B. E. 173, in which it was held that the mere fact that the debtor brought or caused goods to be brought within reaoh of execution, a short time before the sheriff's sale, which was closely followed by the commencement of proceedings in bank- ruptcy against him, is not suiEeient to invalidate the sale. It is to be, however, observed of this case that it was because the single act of the debtor was unconnected with any other suspicions or doubtful circumstances that it was held insuffi- cient to vitiate the whole sale — "the mere fact that the debtor brought or caused goods to be brought," etc., says the court. But in the case in hand we have many other circumstances which tend to taint the transactions in question, and, this being so, the removal of goods for the purpose of being levied upon forms a link in the chain, and by relation with other circumstances attains significance which it might not possess if it were an isolated circumstance alone relied upon to inval- idate the transaction. �From the first of July, 1876, to the time of the bankrupt's failure, his note and bills-payable book shows a steady addi- tion to the volume of his liabilities, only insignificant amounts being paid, except that as late as October 26th and 28th he paid to his wife's sister, a Mrs. Cleveland, $740, in full satis- faction of notes which he had given her as late as Gctober 13th and 14th, payable on demand, and one of which, as I understand the testimony, was a renewal of a note given in September. Goods which he purchased on credit, after the suits in question were begun against hiai, were among those levied upon to satisfy the executions. �Other transactions still transpired between the bankrupt and the defendant Caswell which tend to color the whole case. On the twenty-third of September, 1876, which was the day when the suits were begun, the bankrupt gave to Cas- well his note for $619.25, due in 30 days, and transferred and delivered to him goods, most of which were new, as security for the payment of the note; and on the twenty- eighth day of October, 1876, he gave to Caswell another note for $535.69, payable on demand, and transferred and delivered to him, as security for the payment of this note, still other ��� �