Wolf v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Sam Wolf and Benjamin Wolf were convicted of concealing property from a trustee in bankruptcy in violation of Bankr. Act, § 29b, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error, Sam Wolf and Benjamin Wolf, who are brothers, were both convicted of. concealing property in violation of section 29b of the Bankruptcy Act. There is no reason to doubt the guilt of Benjamin Wolf, and the only question here, assuming that demurrers to the indictments were properly overruled, is whether the evidence against Sam Wolf was sufficient to warrant submission to the jury.
The record shows these facts: For the last 11 years and upwards Sam Wolf has lived and carried on, apparently with some success, a mercantile business at Johnson’s, S. C.…
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