In re Machin

J; B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The report of the learned referee sufficiently vindicates his conclusions. The votes cast upon proxies that had been solicited by the bankrupts were properly rejected, but I agree with the referee in thinking that the votes of certain other creditors were not void, and could not be rejected, merely because they were offered in favor of a candidate who had formerly been the attorney of the bankrupts. Conceding for present purposes that he could not be approved, because of his previous relation, it does not follow that the votes voluntarily cast for him are not…