In re Murray

The respondent, in a affidavit made by him, and filed in the surrogate’s court of this county in a matter pending before that officer, charged him with corrupt practices; and also, while presiding and in open court, in a matter then also pending before him, charged the learned surrogate thus publicly with being an infamous, forsworn, and corrupt judge. When arraigned here for this professional misconduct he reiterated the charges in an affidavit filed by him in this proceeding, and insisted upon the truth of them. This conduct is unprecedented and unprofessional. The charges are most serious…