In re Burnham

This is an application by Edward M. Burnham for an order requiring Michael O’Sullivan to pay over certain moneys received by him as the attorney and counselor-at-law of the applicant. It is alleged that on or about the 19th day of November, 1907, in the Second Magistrate’s Court in the borough of Manhattan, the said Bum-ham was charged by one William J. Allingham with a criminal offense; that thereafter the respondent in this proceeding, Michael O’Sullivan, who was an attorney and counselor-at-law, and at that time duly admitted to practice in all courts of the State of New York (but against…