Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First-second Sessions ...U. S. Government print, Office, 1925 |
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... DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA The Speaker ( by request ) referred the petition of T. A. Brown , United States district attorney for the northern district of West Virginia complaining of the official conduct ...
... DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA The Speaker ( by request ) referred the petition of T. A. Brown , United States district attorney for the northern district of West Virginia complaining of the official conduct ...
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... district have become a notorious scandal , not only a disgrace to the judiciary but a disgrace to the country that " smells to heaven . " I will not attempt to review these charges in this communication ; I only ask you to read them ...
... district have become a notorious scandal , not only a disgrace to the judiciary but a disgrace to the country that " smells to heaven . " I will not attempt to review these charges in this communication ; I only ask you to read them ...
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... District of West Virginia UPON IMPEACHMENT IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES The following are some of the facts known to exist relative to the conduct of William E. Baker , judge of the United States Court for the Northern District ...
... District of West Virginia UPON IMPEACHMENT IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES The following are some of the facts known to exist relative to the conduct of William E. Baker , judge of the United States Court for the Northern District ...
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... district court , and Mr. George L. Hannen , who was then Federal prohibition agent , have personal knowledge of these facts , and the names of others who were also present and saw the situation can be supplied . Fourth . While Judge ...
... district court , and Mr. George L. Hannen , who was then Federal prohibition agent , have personal knowledge of these facts , and the names of others who were also present and saw the situation can be supplied . Fourth . While Judge ...
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... district of West Virginia , and requested him to prepare such destruction order and present the same to the court . The said assistant United States attorney complied by preparing the desired order and presented it to Judge Baker in ...
... district of West Virginia , and requested him to prepare such destruction order and present the same to the court . The said assistant United States attorney complied by preparing the desired order and presented it to Judge Baker in ...
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Page 26 - ... suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such creditors of the same class.
Page 9 - Acts of bankruptcy by a person shall consist of his having (1) conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of his property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors...
Page 17 - The court shall order the trustee to pay all taxes legally due and owing by the bankrupt to the United States, state, county, district, or municipality in advance of the payment of dividends to creditors...
Page 11 - ... a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts.
Page 13 - ... parties in interest a reasonable opportunity to be fully heard; and investigate the merits of the application and discharge the applicant, unless he has...
Page 17 - Claims shall not be proved against a bankrupt estate subsequent to one year after the adjudication; or if they are liquidated by litigation and the final judgment therein is rendered within thirty days before or after the expiration of such time, then within sixty days after the rendition of such judgment: Provided, That the right of infants and insane persons without guardians, without notice of the proceedings, may continue six months longer. SEC. 58. NOTICES TO CREDITORS. — a Creditors shall...
Page 98 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 13 - Any person may, after the expiration of one month and within the next twelve months subsequent to being adjudged a bankrupt, file an application for a discharge in the court of bankruptcy in which the proceedings are pending ; if it shall be made to appear to the judge that the bankrupt was unavoidably prevented from filing it within such time, it may be filed within but not after the expiration of the next six months.
Page 12 - Such time shall not expire until four months after (1) the date of the recording or registering of the transfer or assignment when the act consists in having made a transfer of any of his property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors or for the purpose of giving a preference as hereinbefore provided, or a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors, if by law such recording or registering is required or permitted, or, if it is not, from the date when the beneficiary takes...
Page 98 - Any creditor of the corporation may institute joint or several actions against any of its stockholders, for the proportion of his claim payable by each, and in such action the court must ascertain the proportion of the claim or debt for which each defendant is liable, and a several judgment must be rendered against each, in conformity therewith.