In Re the Petition of Kaufmann

Cardozo, Ch. J.

The petitioners, while members of the bar of this State, were convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of the crime of conspiracy under section 37 of the United States Criminal Code. The charge was that they had conspired with one Bumely, and with other persons whose names were to the grand jury unknown, to make a false report to the Alien Property Custodian as to the ownership of a note for $100,000 then in their possession. The report was to the effect that the note was the property of one Herman Sielken, who was an enemy alien…