The O'Malley Case was the criminal prosecution of the Chief Magistrate of Philadelphia on charges of malfeasance, or serious misconduct in office by a public officer. The trials began in 1948 and continued into early 1949.

Eldredge sworn in as Special Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania

The defendant was John J O'Malley, Chief Magistrate of Philadelphia; the lead prosecutor was Laurence Howard Eldredge; the first assistant prosecutor was Robert Lowe Kunzig; The second assistant prosecutor was Henry W. Sawyer;[1] the defense attorney was Lemuel Braddock Schofield.[2]

Eldredge, Kunzig, and Sawyer confer in court, O'Malley behind
Daily News headline story on the case

References

  1. ↑ "Henry Sawyer 3d Dies at 80; Lawyer in Landmark Cases". New York Times. August 5, 1999.
  2. ↑ "Lemuel B. Schofield". United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.


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