Kutler v. United States

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

From the record in these cases it appears that one Herman Rovner, who did business in Philadelphia as A. Rovner & Sons, was duly adjudged bankrupt. Thereafter the said Herman Rovner, together with Benjamin Kutler and Samuel Kutler, were indicted on the charge that they did “knowingly, wilfully and fraudulently conceal property belonging to the bankrupt estate of said Herman Rovner, t. a., A. Rovner & Sons, etc., to the value of $80,000.” On trial, Herman Rovner pleaded guilty and appeared as a witness for the government. The Kutlers pleaded not guilty, went on the…