In re Bakerman

The respondent was charged with professional

misconduct because of Ms conduct in obtaining ancillary letters of administration without disclosing the true facts in the case. His purpose in procuring such letters of administration was not to benefit the heirs or next of Mn of the decedent, but to enable Mm personally to obtain one half of the funds in the bank account of one Henry Brockman, wMch had been paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York as abandoned funds.

An official referee, in reporting that the charges have been sustained, said: “ The conduct of the respondent in originating…