In re Bard

BROWN, District Judge.

The practice in this district under repeated rulings is, to admit, so far as relevant, any prior depositions or testimony of the bankrupt at any time during the previous proceedings in the cause. It would be a needless expenditure of time and money in proceedings before the referee in support of the specifications against a discharge, to take town afresh the same testimony that the bankrupt had already given in his examination before the court for the purpose of framing specifications, when that testimony was in writing and offered before the referee.

In the present case…