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In re Brooklyn Bar Ass'n

87 N.Y.S. 1129 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1904-04-22 English

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In re BROOKLYN BAR ASS’N.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
April 22, 1904.)

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In the matter of the application of the Brooklyn Bar Association to punish Benjamin E. Valentine, an attorney.

We think that a further investigation by this court of the first charge against the respondent should be deferred until the criminal prosecution in Nassau county involving that charge is terminated. Rochester Bar Association v. Dorthy, 152 N. Y. 596 , 46 N. E. 835 . As to the other charges in this proceeding, a reference will be ordered to Hon. James Troy, under section 68 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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