In re Rouss

Briefly summarized, the charge preferred against the respondent by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York is, that he was guilty of professional misconduct, in this: That he was of counsel for one Eugene Fox, who was defendant in a criminal proceeding before a city magistrate; that one George Sipp was an important, if not actually necessary, witness for the People in that proceeding, and had been either subpoenaed to attend at the hearing, or an attempt had been made to serve him with a subpoena, and that respondent, with knowledge of the facts, paid money to said Sipp to induce…