Reiner

This is an appeal from a judgment following a conviction for concealing assets from a bankrupt estate. The offense is defined in 11 U.S.C.A. § 52 (b): “(b) A person shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed five years upon conviction of the offense of having knowingly and fraudulently (1) concealed *824 from the receiver, trustee, United States marshal, or other officer of the court charged with the control or custody of property, or from creditors in composition cases, any property belonging to the estate of a bankrupt.”

The indictment, filed September 9, 1936, charged that on April 30, 1936, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the defendant Reiner; that on June 11, 1936, he was duly adjudicated a bankrupt-; and that on July 7, 1936, one E. A. Lynch was appointed trustee in bankruptcy, and “That commencing on or about the said 7th day of July, 1936, and continuously thereafter up to and 'including the date of the filing of this indictment, the said Max K. Reiner * * * did wilfully, unlawfully, knowingly and fraudulently conceal from the said E. A. Lynch, as trustee as aforesaid, a portion of the property and assets belonging to the…