In re Bruning

Petitioner applied for leave to appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of California made and entered* on September 29, 1933, which was granted. The time for filing the record in this court has been extended and is about to expire. Petitioner now files a petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and for an extension of the period to file the record on appeal. This application is opposed by the trustee in bankruptcy.

It appears that on September 25, 1933, the District Court confirmed a turnover order theretofore made by the referee with the exception of a deduction of $650 from the amount fixed by the referee of $8,507.93. The balance ordered turned over would amount to $7,857.93. In certifying the proceedings upon petition for review of the turnover order, the referee directed the bankrupt to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for failure to pay to the trustee the sum of $14,558.97, which is the amount the trustee found to have been in possession of the bankrupt at the time of the institution of bankruptcy proceedings and to have been concealed and secreted by him; the amount of $8,507.93 being the amount found to have been…