In re Black

COOPER, District Judge.

This is a motion by the trustee in bankruptcy to punish both of the bankrupts for failure to comply with an order requiring them to turn over to the trustee the sum of $9,000, moneys in their possession belonging to the bankrupt estates and withheld by them from the trustee. The bankrupts are husband and wife.

The question as to whether or not the bankrupts had this $9,000 in their possession at the time bankruptcy ensued, was sharply contested before the referee in bankruptcy. After the hearings, the referee held that the bankrupts did have such $9,000 in their…