United States v. Rhodes

TOULMIN, District Judge.

This is an indictment against the three above-named defendants for a conspiracy on their part to commit an offense against the Bankrupt Act, namely, that portion of section 29b, providing punishment upon conviction of the offense of having “knowingly and fraudulently concealed, while a bankrupt, * * * from his trustee any of the property.belonging to his estate in bankruptcy.” Joseph E. Rhodes and John J. Rhodes were the bankrupts, both individually, and as partners doing business under the name of Rhodes Bros. Calvin J. Rhodes was not a bankrupt; he was an outsider,…