Dodge v. Supreme Court

Petitioner, as district attorney, presented evidence to the additional grand jury of New York county for the September, 1936, term, indicating that the defendants Joseph Speiser and Frank White had violated the provisions of section 270-a and 270-d of the Penal Law, which prohibit the solicitation of legal business on behalf of an attorney and the employment by any attorney of a person to solicit legal business.

*105On September 8 and 22, 1936, the grand jury directed the petitioner to file informations in the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, charging these defendants with…