Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court October 15, 1841 (Lane)

Wilde, J.

By St. 1841, c. 124, §3, it is provided that no certificate of discharge shall be granted if a debtor, within six months before filing his petition, shall procure his goods, &c. to be attached, &c. or, being insolvent, shall make any assignment, sale, &c. of any part of his property, intending to give a preference to a preexisting creditor, &c.