In re Chamberlain
District Court, N.D. New York
In the matter of Walter W. Chamberlain, bankrupt. On motion to confirm the report of a special master overruling specifications of objections to the bankrupt’s discharge, and recommending that a discharge be granted.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
Section 14 of the bankruptcy act provides that:
“The judge shall hear the application for a discharge and such proofs and pleas as may be made in opposition thereto by parties in interest * * * and investigate the merits of the application and discharge the applicant unless he has (1) committed an offense punishable by imprisonment as herein provided. * * * ” Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 550 (U. S. Clomp. St. 1901, p. 3427).
The objections here are that the bankrupt has committed such an offense, viz., that such bankrupt “knowingly and fraudulently,” when under…
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