In re Graham
District Court, S.D. New York
In this case the register certified that a witness had testified before him that one Samuel E. Briggs and one Charles N. Moody were the keepers of a gambling-house at No. 16 West 24th street, in the city of New York; that the above named bankrupt [William M. Graham] had lost at gaming, in said house, over 830,000, which he had paid to Briggs and Moody a short time before the adjudication of bankruptcy; that thereafter a summons was issued by the register requiring Briggs and…
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In this case the register certified that a witness had testified before him that one Samuel E. Briggs and one Charles N. Moody were the keepers of a gambling-house at No. 16 West 24th street, in the city of New York; that the above named bankrupt [William M. Graham] had lost at gaming, in said house, over 830,000, which he had paid to Briggs and Moody a short time before the adjudication of bankruptcy; that thereafter a summons was issued by the register requiring Briggs and Moody to come before him for examination; and that, they -having been sworn, the following question was put to the…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
I think that the witnesses were privileged from answering the questions.
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