In the Matter of Sidney Mendel Zaidins, a Bankrupt. Sidney Mendel Zaidins, a Bankrupt v. Francis J. Demet, Trustee in Bankruptcy

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

From the district court’s affirmance of an order of a referee in bankruptcy denying his petition for a discharge in bankruptcy, Sidney Mendel Zaidins, a voluntary bankrupt, has appealed. The denial was based upon petitioner’s refusal to answer certain questions at an adjourned first meeting of creditors, which questions were found to be material. He based his refusal on the ground that an answer might tend to incriminate him, and relied upon the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. His constitutional right to so refuse was recognized but his…