Hubert Dean Rhoades, Bankrupt v. C. Douglas Wikle

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

In this California bankruptcy case, Hubert D. Rhoades appeals an order of the District Court affirming a refusal by the Referee in Bankruptcy to grant a discharge on his voluntary petition of bankruptcy. The discharge was refused on the ground that the bankrupt had “failed to keep or preserve books of account or records, from which his financial condition and business transactions might be ascertained” as required by § 14(c) (2) of the Bankrutpcy Act, 11 U. S.C. § 32(c) (2). Neither the referee nor the court felt that “such acts or failures were justified under all the…