In re McNally

The respondent McNally was convicted, together with one Frederick C. Steup, of corruptly requesting a gratuity in violation of section 439 of the Penal Law and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. On appeal the judgment of conviction was affirmed in this court and in the Court of Appeals. (People v. Steup and McNally, 249 App. Div. 733; 275 N. Y. 457.) McNally was the counsel and attorney of record of the Yorkshire Indemnity Company. Steup was the secretary thereof and head of its claims department. Steup and McNally demanded twenty per cent of a claim made against…