Davidson v. United States

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

David Davidson was indicted, tried and convicted in the District Court for removing and' destroying certain books, belonging to his estate in bankruptcy, deposited in the office of John M. Hill, referee in bankruptcy, in violation of section 128 of the federal Penal Code (Comp.- St. § 10298). This section provides that:

“Whoever shall willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy * * * any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer or any court of the United States” commits the…