United States v. Tatcher

KALODNER, District Judge.

The defendant, Ernest Tatcher, is one of two partners indicted on a charge of concealing property of a bankrupt estate from the trustee.

This is the defendant’s second trial. At the previous trial the defendant demurred to the evidence; the demurrer was overruled, and the defendant was adjudged guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals of this Circuit reversed the judgment (Tatcher v. United States, 3 Cir., 107 F.2d 316) on the single ground that the government had not joined in the demurrer, and remanded the cause to the District…