United States v. Comstock
District Court, D. Rhode Island
On Demurrer to Indictment. .
1Opinion of the Court
.BROWN, District Judge.
The bankruptcy act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 554 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3433]) in section 29a refers to the offense of having “knowingly and fraudulently (1) concealed while a bankrupt, or after his discharge, from his trustee, any of the property belonging to his estate in bankruptcy.”
The indictment uses the words “unlawfully, knowingly and fraudulently” to characterize the word “conceal.” Upon demurrer, it is contended that no wrongful intent is sufficiently charged by these words. The terms of the statute, however, are themselves inconsistent with an…
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