14 F. Cas. 478 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York | 1869
The application for the discharge of the bankrupt from arrest is founded on the latter clause of the 26th section of the act, which provides, that “no bankrupt shall be liable to arrest during the pendency of the proceedings, in bankruptcy, in any civil action, unless the same is founded on some debt or claim from which his discharge in bankruptcy would not release him.” The 33d section provides, that “no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under This act” The district court held that the debt in tliis case was created