UNITED STATES v. YACHT


135 F.Supp. 911 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jack YACHT, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, Gabriel B. Schwartz, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Henry A. Drescher, New York City, for defendant.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

The defendant Jacob Yacht was an officer of a corporation which was adjudicated a bankrupt on February 7, 1949. The defendant was indicted charged with concealment of its assets in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152. He moves to dismiss the indictment upon the ground that no crime is charged.

Section 152 makes it an offense fraudulently to conceal any property belonging to the estate of a bankrupt from "* * * the receiver, custodian...

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