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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... law does not permit imprisonment for the possession of a moonshine still . " Judge Baker said , " Well , are you ... Volstead Act , a copy of it , and I turned to the section that fixes the penalties and showed it to him . I remember ...
... law does not permit imprisonment for the possession of a moonshine still . " Judge Baker said , " Well , are you ... Volstead Act , a copy of it , and I turned to the section that fixes the penalties and showed it to him . I remember ...
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... Volstead Act ? Mr. BROWN . Yes , sir . Mr. HANDLON . I want you merely to identify the people you have mentioned . Mr. BROWN . Yes , sir . The person referred to in my testimony as Mr. Schuck and Charley , is Hon . Charles J. Schuck ...
... Volstead Act ? Mr. BROWN . Yes , sir . Mr. HANDLON . I want you merely to identify the people you have mentioned . Mr. BROWN . Yes , sir . The person referred to in my testimony as Mr. Schuck and Charley , is Hon . Charles J. Schuck ...
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... Volstead Act directly before me . I did not and would not sentence a man to confinement in jail for possession , for the first offense , as the manufacturing and selling are the only two charges under which a jail sentence can be ...
... Volstead Act directly before me . I did not and would not sentence a man to confinement in jail for possession , for the first offense , as the manufacturing and selling are the only two charges under which a jail sentence can be ...
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... Volstead Act only provided for destruction after a conviction had been had ? Mr. HANNEN . I do not know , sir . Mr ... law ? Mr. HANNEN . My understanding of the law was that when a case was settled , if a man had pleaded guilty or had ...
... Volstead Act only provided for destruction after a conviction had been had ? Mr. HANNEN . I do not know , sir . Mr ... law ? Mr. HANNEN . My understanding of the law was that when a case was settled , if a man had pleaded guilty or had ...
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... Volstead Act , be shipped to Elkins ? Mr. CONIFF . Would not that be a matter of record , Judge ? Mr. SCHUCK . We thought we could save time by just having him answer the question . Of course , if we have to produce the record , we will ...
... Volstead Act , be shipped to Elkins ? Mr. CONIFF . Would not that be a matter of record , Judge ? Mr. SCHUCK . We thought we could save time by just having him answer the question . Of course , if we have to produce the record , we will ...
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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.