United States v. William E. Mathies, Jr.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The appellant was convicted upon five of the six counts of an indictment charging violations of Title 18 U.S.C. § 152. Count 1 charged that, in contemplation of the bankruptcy of Pitt Wholesale Company, Inc., the defendant knowingly and fraudulently transferred and concealed “assets and property” belonging to that corporation. Counts 2, 3, 5 and 6 charged him with having made false oaths in the course of the bankruptcy proceedings. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment (concurrently) on each of the counts upon which he was convicted and fined $25,000. He…