In re Franklin Syndicate

THOMAS, District Judge.

The referee has certified that the bankrupt, William F. Miller, has refused to answer certain questions relating to his estate. When he was first summoned to testify, on a former occasion, his trial upon a serious charge, growing out of business connected with his estate, was pending in the court of the state. Whatever the power of this court to compel an answer to the questions propounded to him at that time, there was a certain impropriety in the exercise of such power. His trial was had subsequently, upon one of many indictments against him, a conviction secured, and…