In re Hawkins
Superior Court of Delaware
Petition, February Term, 1913, by John D. Hawkins for reinstatement as a member of the bar of Kent County. Petitioner reinstated. John D. Hawkins was indicted for embezzlement as bailee, at the April Term, A. D. 1900, of the Court of General Sessions for Kent County. At the next succeeding October term he appeared and pleaded guilty and was sentenced.
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Petition, February Term, 1913, by John D. Hawkins for reinstatement as a member of the bar of Kent County. Petitioner reinstated. John D. Hawkins was indicted for embezzlement as bailee, at the April Term, A. D. 1900, of the Court of General Sessions for Kent County. At the next succeeding October term he appeared and pleaded guilty and was sentenced. A petition was preferred against him by the Bar Association of Kent County, at the said April term of the Superior Court, praying for his disbarment, whereupon, on April twenty-sixth, upon his application, made in open court, it was ordered by…
1Opinion of the Court
Pennewill, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
[2] This application has received from the court special consideration because of its interest and importance to the bar of the entire state as well as to the public and the applicant himself. It is the first application of the kind that has been formally made in this state, and because of that fact also the case is entitled to more than ordinary attention.
We have endeavored to reach a conclusion that will be just to the applicant, and unjust neither to the bar nor the public. It would seem reasonable to believe that a decision favorable to…
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