Mr. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of the court. This case involves the meaning of the word “ fraud,” as used in the thirty-third Section- of the bankrupt law of 1867'. That section provides that “ no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in a fiduciary capacity, shall be dischar…
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