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- Title: United States v. Alper.
- Author : Second Circuit Circuit Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 20, 1946
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Upon a jury trial the appellant was convicted under an indictment based on section 29, sub. b(1) of the bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 52, sub. b(1), which makes it a criminal offense for any person to have "knowingly and fraudulently (1) concealed from the receiver, custodian, trustee, marshal, or other officer of the court charged with the control or custody of property, or from creditors in any proceeding under this title, any property belonging to the estate of a bankrupt." The indictment alleged that an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Sol Chernow on October 22, 1940, he was adjudicated bankrupt on November 7, 1940, a trustee of his estate was elected on December 12, 1940 and thereafter cualified as such, and that from October 22, 1940 up to the date of filing the indictment (November 9, 1944) the defendant "did unlawfully, wilfully, knowingly and fraudulently conceal from the said trustee" 140 cases of distilled spirits having a value of approximately $2800 and belonging to the estate in bankruptcy of said Chernow. The appeal questions the sufficiency of the evidence, the adequacy of the charge to the jury, and the propriety of several rulings on evidence.