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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... filed by me with the Attorney General more than a year ago . The Department of Justice regarded the document with such seriousness that it was transmitted to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives , the Attorney General ...
... filed by me with the Attorney General more than a year ago . The Department of Justice regarded the document with such seriousness that it was transmitted to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives , the Attorney General ...
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... filed therein , the two offenses were identically the same , except that one was charged with having posses- sion of a pint and a half of moonshine , and the other with possession of two pints of moonshine . Both were reputed to be ...
... filed therein , the two offenses were identically the same , except that one was charged with having posses- sion of a pint and a half of moonshine , and the other with possession of two pints of moonshine . Both were reputed to be ...
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... filed . Twenty - first . Without either the concurrence , assent , or knowl- edge of the United States attorney's office , Judge Baker entered into arrangements with defendants or their representatives concerning the prosecution of ...
... filed . Twenty - first . Without either the concurrence , assent , or knowl- edge of the United States attorney's office , Judge Baker entered into arrangements with defendants or their representatives concerning the prosecution of ...
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... filed against him , one charging possession of 2 gallons of moonshine liquor and the other charging the possession of two large stills and a quantity of mash . The defendant was brought into court to plead to the informations , and it ...
... filed against him , one charging possession of 2 gallons of moonshine liquor and the other charging the possession of two large stills and a quantity of mash . The defendant was brought into court to plead to the informations , and it ...
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... filed therewith . With all possible expedition and dispatch the Department of Justice of the United States pre- pared a pardon for Sawa , had the same duly signed by President Harding and the Attorney General , did not wait for the ...
... filed therewith . With all possible expedition and dispatch the Department of Justice of the United States pre- pared a pardon for Sawa , had the same duly signed by President Harding and the Attorney General , did not wait for the ...
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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.