In re Harris
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On petition. On March 5th, 1895, the name of John Harris was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors of this court.- This action was taken upon charges formulated b3r a committee of the Camden County Bar Association. The testimony raleen this committee was presented to the court and ordered to be filed. At the same time the committee presented the record of the Camden Quarter Sessions showing the conviction of Harris of obtaining money under false pretences.
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On petition. On March 5th, 1895, the name of John Harris was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors of this court.- This action was taken upon charges formulated b3r a committee of the Camden County Bar Association. The testimony raleen this committee was presented to the court and ordered to be filed. At the same time the committee presented the record of the Camden Quarter Sessions showing the conviction of Harris of obtaining money under false pretences. Upon the inspection of this judgment record a rule was entered striking the name of Harris from the roll. The criminal…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
In the case of In re Branch, 70 N. J. L. 537, it was pointed out that in New Jersey the admission of attorneys is regulated by a local common law peculiar to this state, which, arising prior to the year 1776, had in the year 1844 become a distinctive attribute of the Supreme Court and constituted one of those “powers” which the constitution of that year declared “except as herein otherwise provided shall continue as if this constitution had not been adopted.” Article 10, paragraph 1.
In marked contrast to the foregoing the disbarment of…
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