In re Lewin
District Court, D. Vermont
In Bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
On petition for discharge. The bankrupt law provides (section 60d) that “if a debtor shall, directly or indirectly, in contemplation of the filing of a petition by or against him, pay money or transfer property to an attorney and counselor at law, * * * the transaction shall be re-examined by the court.” The orders and forms established by the supreme court under the law re*853quire a statement of such, transact ions. The law also provides (section 29b) that “a person shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed two years upon conviction of the offense of…
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