United States v. Green

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The defendants were indicted for a conspiracy to commit an offense against the laws of the United States. The offense to commit which they are charged to have conspired is that of fraudulent concealment by a bankrupt of his assets from his trustee in bankruptcy. The real question in the case is whether the offense was made out, or more particularly whether there was evidence upon which the jury were justified in finding a verdict of guilty.

The reasons for. a new trial are nine in number and cover the usual wide range. The first four have been characterized as formal,…