In re Kaplan

MORTON, District Judge.

This is an application for discharge. The objecting creditors specify in opposition thereto the bankrupt’s failure to keep adequate-books of account with intent to conceal his financial condition, and false testimony by him on his examination.

The bankrupt opened a store in Ware on March 19, 1915. He filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on December 1, 1915, owing over $16,000, mostly to merchandise creditors. He had been unable to pay a note for $500 which fell due in August preceding. Nevertheless, in September, October, and December, he bought, mostly on credit,…