United States v. Cohn

HOLT, District Judge.

This is a demurrer to an indictment. The indictment alleges, in substance, that the defendants entered into a conspiracy to conceal from the trustee property belonging to an estate in bankruptcy. The date at which the crime is alleged to have been committed was before bankruptcy proceedings were begun, and the substantial ground of the demurrer is that, as the bankrupt act does not make any act for the fraudulent concealment of property a crime, if committed before the proceedings in bankruptcy are begun, a conspiracy to commit such acts, entered into before the…