In re Shanker

ARCHBALD, District Judge.

The bankrupt having applied for a discharge, and the case coming up for a hearing before the referee on objections thereto, the objecting creditors refused to proceed because the bankrupt was not in attendance. The referee, however, was of opinion that this was not necessary; and, not being convinced that any good would be accomplished by it (the bankrupt having been fully examined at the first meeting of creditors with “egard to the matters covered by the objections), and believing that advantage was merely being taken of the fact that the bankrupt had fled the…