District Court, D. Massachusetts May 15, 1877 (Ex parte Hamlin)

LOWELL, District Judge.

The statute of 1874, c. 390, § 17 (18 Stat. 184) provides, that if at any time it shall appear to the court, on notice, satisfactory evidence, and hearing, that a composition cannot proceed without injustice or undue delay to the creditors or the debtor, the court may refuse to accept it, or may set it aside, and that the debtor shall then be proceeded with as a bankrupt.