In re MacDowell

The respondent, a part-time Judge of the City Court of the City of Newburgh, was appointed to that office in January, 1973, upon the resignation of his predecessor, and was elected to a full six-year term in November of the same year. Respondent has been admitted to the practice of law in New York since 1951.

The petition contains 12 charges (subpars [1] through [12] of par seventh), one of which (subpar [7]) contains 7 subcharges (subds [a] through [g]). The instant hearings commenced before Mr. Justice Buschmann, as Referee, on April 27, 1976 and terminated on June 17, 1976. The transcript…