Ex parte Clark

The petitioner herein was adjudicated an insolvent upon the application of certain of his creditors, and thereafter, under the order of the court, filed a schedule and inventory, as required by the Insolvent Act. Upon the application of the assignee of the insolvent, and after notice to him, the superior court found that certain personal property belonging to the insolvent’s estate had been concealed by him from his assignee, and sold subsequent to his adjudication, and that he had received therefor the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars, which he had appropriated to his own use; and on December 4,1895, made an order that he pay the said sum of money to the assignee on *406 or before the sixth day of December, 1895. A copy of this order was served upon him on the same day that it was made, and on the sixth day of December, and again on the 7th, a demand in writing was made upon him by the assignee that he pay to him the said sum of money. Upon his failure to make such payment, the assignee served him with written notice that on the tenth day of December he would move the court for an order adjudging him guilty of contempt for not obeying said order. The matter came up for…