In Re Fisher

KNOX, District Judge.

It appears that the witness William Bernstein acted as bankrupt’s accountant for a number of years, and, after his admission to the bar, also acted as bankrupt’s attorney. Upon the basis of the privilege arising from the attorney-client relationship, he has refused to answer questions relating to bankrupt’s books and to produce in evidence monthly account sheets made by accountants in his employ in course of auditing bankrupt’s books.

There is no privilege with regard to communications made to accountants. The information given to the witness and to the accountants in his…