Schonfeld v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of llie United States for the Southern District of New York. Samuel Schonfeld was convicted of fraudulently concealing property from his trustee in bankruptcy, contrary to Bankruptcy Act, § 29b (Comp. St. § 9613), and falsely testifying before the referee in bankruptcy, contrary to Criminal Code, § 125 (Comp. St. § 10295), and lie brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury on two counts. The first count charged that during the year 1920, including the 9th of July, 1920, the plaintiff in error was engaged in the jewelry business in New York City, and that on the 9th of June, 1920, a petition in bankruptcy was filed against him in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, and he was adjudicated a bankrupt. It alleges that, while a bankrupt, he unlawfully and fraudulently concealed from his trustee in bankruptcy, $100,000 *936worth of diamonds; that the plaintiff in error had a…
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