In re Sussman’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Even assuming as true the bankrupt’s story as to his very modest manner of living and of his borrowings and other methods of obtaining money in order to support himself and wife for the year 1947, still I cannot accept that defense here as a full and complete exculpation. I. must consider all the evidence. I cannot leave out of my mind the judicial determination that three or four months before October 28, 1947 bankrupt had in his possession and control the sum of $23,000 of the assets of the estate. The time element here is quite important. “His explanation of his inability to turn over the money is not sufficient. Of course, it is natural to presume that any one who evidences no indicia of affluence is not possessed of it. But it is also natural that one who must have known that he would be called upon to explain the loss or disappearance of a substantial sum of money would not likely exhibit signs of affluence. “I feel that the Maggio case is not to be read as authority for rendering the turnover order of no effect under these circumstances.””

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