Silverberg v. United States

POSTER, Circuit Judge.

On March 25, 1924, an indictment was returned against the plaintiffs in error, hereafter called the defendants, and three others, in the Wiehita Palls division of the Northern district of Texas. The indictment charged the defendant Silverberg with concealing assets from his trustee in bankruptcy, and charged the defendant Peigenhaum with aiding and abetting him. The other three defendants were also charged with aiding and abetting Silverberg. As to one of the other defendants, Newsome, the court instructed a verdict. The other two were acquitted by the jury.

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