Hopkins v. United States
Opinion of the Court
The indictment charged the defendant with having sworn falsely in seven distinct instances in bankruptcy proceedings in violation of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act.
Section 29, subdivision b (2), provides that:
“A person shall bo punished, by imprisonment for a period not to exceed two years, upon conviction of the offense of having knowingly and fraudulently * * * made a false oath or account in, or in relation to, any proceeding in bankruptcy.”
The testimony of Mager which was objected to was proper as bearing upon the probability of his making a loan to the bankrupt of $1,900.
Within the rule laid down by this court in Kahn v. United States, 214 Fed. 54, 130 C. C. A. 494, we think that the conviction of the defendant was amply sustained by the proof.
The judgment is affirmed.
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