In re Marino

BYERS, District Judge.

This is a motion to confirm a report of the referee in bankruptcy ' recommending that discharge be denied because specification No. VII (the making of a false financial statement) has been sustained by the evidence, and that the other specifications be overruled for failure of proof.

At argument, the attorney for the bankrupt asserted that his client was the victim of prejudice on the part of the referee and that an examination of the testimony and exhibits would so disclose. That assertion has entirely failed of justification.

The conduct of the proceedings was fair and…