In Re Hayden

Upon the return of a rule to show cause why the respondent, Joseph P. Hayden, a solicitor in chancery, should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of the power, authority and dignity of the court of chancery of New Jersey, in falsely and fraudulently uttering and delivering a supposititious decree and certification thereof to Gertrude Griffith, falsely called Ferme, and by false and fraudulent pretenses procuring from her the sum of $300, and why he should not forthwith repay to her such sum, Hayden, the respondent, did not appear. He had been duly served with true and certified copies of the…