Dean

This is an appeal from a conviction on two counts of an indictment charging the appellant with knowingly and fraudulently concealing certain assets, to wit, a diamond ring and a diamond stickpin, valued at approximately $1,500-, from his trustee in bankruptcy, and making a false oath in connection with his schedule of assets, in that he failed to include therein the aforesaid ring and stickpin. Appellant’s motion for a directed verdict, was granted as to another count charging the fraudulent concealment or transfer of assets of a bankrupt corporation, the Charles J. Dean, M. D., Inc.

The second and third counts, upon which conviction was had, were drawn under subdivisions 1 and 2, respectively, of title 11 USCA § 52(b), and the first count under subdivision 6. The material parts of the act are as follows:

The main issue is the ownership of the articles of jewelry in question, the government contending they were the property of the appellant, and the appellant contending he gave them to his wife about seven months prior to filing his petition in bankruptcy. The numerous assignments of error relate chiefly to the joinder of the several counts in the indictment; rulings on the…