Meyer v. United States

BAKER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in error were convicted of conspiracy to conceal assets from a trustee in bankruptcy.

Assignments of error challenge the indictment, the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of evidence, the’ district attorney’s argument to the jury, and the court’s charge.

The indictment charged that plaintiffs in error expected that an in • voluntary petition in bankruptcy would be filed against them, and that adjudication of bankruptcy and appointment of a trustee would follow; that in anticipation of such proceedings they conspired to conceal from said trustee certain…