Either party may examine witnesses in his behalf, and if by such examination it appear that the judgment debtor has any property liable to execution the court before whom the proceeding takes place, or to whom the report of the commissioner is made, shall make an order requiring the judgment debtor to apply the same in satisfaction of the judgment, or that such property be levied on, by execution, in the manner and with the effect as provided in this chapter or both, as may seem most likely to effect the object of the proceeding.