Son v. People
New York Supreme Court
R. Beebe, a creditor of David Son, made complaint in writing before a justice of the jleac'e, (under the provisions of the “ act to abolish imprisonment for debt and to punish fraudulent debtors, Laws of 1831, page 402, § 26,) that Son had disposed of his property with intent to defraud his creditors, specifying 6 chairs, 1 table, 1 bed and bedding, crockery and cooking utensils, as property of which he had been possessed) and which he had put out of his hands into the…
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R. Beebe, a creditor of David Son, made complaint in writing before a justice of the jleac'e, (under the provisions of the “ act to abolish imprisonment for debt and to punish fraudulent debtors, Laws of 1831, page 402, § 26,) that Son had disposed of his property with intent to defraud his creditors, specifying 6 chairs, 1 table, 1 bed and bedding, crockery and cooking utensils, as property of which he had been possessed) and which he had put out of his hands into the possession of his father, Thomas Son. The complaint was sworn to by Beebe, and the justice issued a warrant for the arrest of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
This is a certiorari to a court of special sessions, to review tbeir proceedings in a case arising under the act to abolish imprisonment for debt and to punish fraudulent debtors. Ey the 26th section of that act, any person who shall remove any of his property out of any county, with intent to prevent the same from being levied upon by any execution, or who shall secrete, assign, convey, or otherwise dispose of any of his property, with intent to defraud any creditor, or to prevent such property being made liable for the payment of his debts, shall, on conviction,…
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