United States v. Yorsaner, 37040.

• Decision Date: 30 September 1937
• Docket Number: No. 37040.,37040.
• Citation: 20 F. Supp. 902
• Parties: UNITED STATES v. YORSANER.
• Court: U.S. District Court — Eastern District of New York

20 F. Supp. 902

UNITED STATES v. YORSANER.

No. 37040.

District Court, E. D. New York.

September 30, 1937.

Leo J. Hickey, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Albert Lyons, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for the United States.

Sweet & Sweet, of New York City, for defendant.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

The defendant moves to dismiss the indictment containing two counts, which charges the violation of title 18, United States Code, § 338 (18 U.S.C.A. § 338).

The first count charges that the defendant devised a scheme to defraud his prospective creditors and to obtain property and credit from them by means of false representations whereby the scheme of the defendant would obtain property and credit from his creditors by submitting to them a false financial statement showing his net worth to be about $2,000 more than defendant knew it was; that, having devised the scheme, the defendant deposited the following statement in the mail:

                           "Watkins Iron & Pipe
                                Statement
                       Bank Balance, About    $600
                       Accounts Receivable    $1300
                       Accounts Payable       $600
                       Asset Value of Lot     $4000
                       Mortgage on Lot        $2500
                                     "A. Yorsaner
                              "Watkins Iron & Pipe."
                

The second count is in the same language as the first count. It deals with another statement sent through the mail, as follows:

                        "Brooklyn, N. Y., May 15, 1934
                "American Petrometal Corp
                          "Watkins Iron & Pipe
                  "Dealers in Second Hand and New
                           Iron and Pipe
                Terms            196 Watkins Street
                  Warehouse stock (New)    50 Ton
                  Warehouse stock (Old)    70 Ton
                  Accounts Payable         $600
                  Accounts Receivable      $1300
                  Asset Value of lot       $4000
                  Mortgage                 $2500
                  Bank Balance             $678.29
                                      "A. Yorsaner."
                

The defendant claims that the indictment is insufficient for the following reasons:

"1. There is nothing in either statement to show that it was given for the purpose of obtaining property or credit.

"2. There is nothing in the statement to show that it was intended as a financial statement, in the usual and accepted form, of the defendant's assets and liabilities.

"3. There is nothing in the statement to show any representation by the defendant that his net worth was $2000, or that it was $2000 more than he knew it to be, or any statement therein with reference thereto.

"4. The indictment is defective for the reason that it is...