United States v. Rabinowich

Citations

• 238 U.S. 78
• 35 S. Ct. 682
• 59 L. Ed. 1211
• 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1645

Syllabus

<p>A conspiracy, having for its object the commission of an offense denounced by the Bankruptcy Act, is- not in itself an offense arising under that act within the meaning Of § 29a thereof, and the one year period of limitation prescribed by that section, does not apply.</p> <p>A conspiracy to commit a crime, as defined in and punished by § 37, Criminal Code (§ 5440, Rev. Stat.) is a different offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.</p> <p>Mere conspiracy, without an overt act done in pursuance of it, is not criminally punishable under § 37, Criminal Code.</p> <p>Qucere, whether the crime of concealing from thp trustee, property belonging to the bankrupt estate, as defined in § 29b (1) of the Bank- • rupt Act can be perpetrated by any one other than a bankrupt or one who has received a discharge as such.</p> <p>In construing the criminal statutes involved in this action, this court attributes to Congress, in the absence of any inconsistent expression, a tacit purpose to maintain a long established and important distinction between offenses essentially different.</p>