United States v. Jackson

The Revised Statutes, in section 5132, punish a person “respecting whom proceedings in bankruptcy are commenced,” whether by his own petition or that of his creditors, “who, with intent to defraud, wilfully and fraudulently conceals from his assignee, or omits from his inventory, any property or effects required by the title to be described therein.” The indictment charges such an offence. It .is demurred to upon the ground that there is no intelligible allegation that the goods and chattels said to have been concealed were the property of the defendant when the proceedings were begun. That…