Legal Opinion

Green v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 27, 1917No. 137PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Daniel Green was convicted under Bankr. Act, ,§ 29b, of knowingly and fraudulently concealing from his trustee in bankruptcy property belonging to his estate in bankruptcy, and he brings error. This case comes here on writ of error to review a judgment of conviction based upon the verdict of a jury finding Daniel Green guilty of an offense under section 29b of the Bankruptcy Act.

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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Daniel Green was convicted under Bankr. Act, ,§ 29b, of knowingly and fraudulently concealing from his trustee in bankruptcy property belonging to his estate in bankruptcy, and he brings error. This case comes here on writ of error to review a judgment of conviction based upon the verdict of a jury finding Daniel Green guilty of an offense under section 29b of the Bankruptcy Act. The specific offense charged against Green was that he knowingly and fraudulently concealed from his trustee in bankruptcy'…

1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). The defendant, Daniel Green, was indicted for having knowingly and fraudulently concealed from his trustee in bankruptcy $8,000 and other property unknown to the grand jurors. The jury found hipr guilty and he was sentenced to one year and a day in the penitentiary. The charge against him, briefly stated, is that just prior to the bankruptcy he had made large purchases of goods on credit, had sold the goods so obtained, together with other goods he had on hand, at discounts ranging from 2 to 10 per cent., from which sales he realized about $8,000 which he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Western Union Tel. Co. v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Central R. v. PelusoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  2. Fraina v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  3. Blodgett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
  4. Lefkowitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  5. Beaux Arts Dresses, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925

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