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MATTER OF DOUGHERTY

7 N.Y.2d 869 (1959)

In the Matter of William A. Dougherty, an Attorney, Appellant. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Cahill, James B. Henry, Jr., William A. Jansen and William Jannen, Jr., for appellant.

Frank H. Gordon for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE. Dissent: Judge VAN VOORHIS.

Order affirmed.

VAN VOORHIS, J. (dissenting).

Disbarment is more severe discipline than I think would have been imposed by the Appellate Division, except for a lurking suspicion that Mr. Dougherty delivered $5,000 to the former Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois for some evil purpose. More than a year later, this Illinois State official came into bad odor when he was widely publicized as having embezzled...

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