In re Craft

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

In this case a petition was filed by Hoyt, Carter & Co.,'August 2Sth,1867, praying that Craft be declared a bankrupt. The petition sets forth, as alleged acts of bankruptcy, that Craft *699“did, in contemplation of bankruptcy, give to one Samuel Jones, one of his creditors, on the 3d day of July, 1867, a confession of judgment, and, on said day, caused a judgment to be entered thereon, for the sum of $7,OSS, and, on said day, an execution issued thereon, to the sheriff of the city and county of New York;” also, that Craft “did, in contemplation of bankruptcy, give to…