In re Keach

LOWELL, District Judge.

[The charges of fraud against this bankrupt have been fully examined, and it is frankly admitted by the opposing creditor that the evidence would not warrant me to find him guilty of any of them, and with this conclusion I entirely agree.] 2

The only question remaining for judgment is whether the bankrupt has failed to keep proper books of account within the meaning of the act [of 1867 (14 Stat. 517)]. It seems that during the winter of 1867-8. he carried on for a few months a cash business at the town of his residence in buying wood by the car-load, and sawing and…