In re Notarius

Respondent, aged 59, was admitted to the Bar in March, 1949, in the Second Judicial Department, and was convicted upon his plea of guilty of the crime of giving an unlawful gratuity to a police officer, a class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge.

Based on the foregoing, a charge of professional misconduct was lodged against him, which charge was sustained after a hearing before a Referee appointed by this court. Respondent, while acknowledging the giving of the gratuity, denied any knowledge of wrongdoing and asserted that he felt he was merely compensating the officer…