In re Alderson

JACKSON, District Judge.

The referee in bankruptcy has requested the instruction and ruling of the court as to whether transcripts from the records of the circuit court of Monroe county, showing a number of judgments against a bankrupt for fines upon indictments for unlawful retailing, together with the costs of each case, are provable debts, and, if so, whether the bankrupt is released from them by obtaining his discharge in bankruptcy. Section 68 of the bankrupt act of 1898 provides that:

“(a) Debts of the bankrupt may be proved and allowed against his estate, which are a fixed liability, as…