In re Smith

The petition charges that Benjamin A. Smith, referred to as the respondent in this proceeding, was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York at the February, 1907, term of the Appellate Division, First Department. He used the name Benjamin A. H. Smith at the time of such admission and since that time he has practiced as an attorney.

*174On March 6, 1925, respondent Was arraigned in the City Magistrate’s Court, First District, Borough of Manhattan, charged with the crime of petty larceny upon the affidavit of one William G. Scott, paying teller, employed in…