Lawrence J. Murray Jr.
Lawrence J. Murray (June 20, 1910 – March 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
[edit]He was born on June 20, 1910, the son of Lawrence J. Murray (born 1874) and Emma (Brennan) Murray and attended St. Peter's Parochial School in Haverstraw.[1]
Murray Jr was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (Rockland Co.) in 1938 and 1939–40. In January 1940, he was charged with embezzling. For some time, he had stolen a total amount of $49,102 from the accounts of a mentally incompetent client which he subsequently lost betting on horses. On April 4, 1940, he was convicted of first-degree grand larceny,[2] and the next day sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison.[3] The conviction automatically removed him from his Assembly seat, and he was disbarred by the Appellate Division.[4] He was released on parole by Governor Charles Poletti on December 29, 1942.[5]
In March 1952, Murray was arrested for illegally taking bets.[6]
Murray died on March 15, 2000.[7]
Sources
[edit]- ^ New York Red Book (1940; pg. 119)
- ^ MURRAY CONVICTED IN THEFT OF $49,102 in the New York Times on April 5, 1940 (subscription required)
- ^ MURRAY IS SENTENCED TO 5 TO 10 YEAR TERM in the New York Times on April 6, 1940 (subscription required)
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (1941; Vol. 261, pg. 915ff)
- ^ POLETTI PAROLES MURRAY in the New York Times on December 30, 1942 (subscription required)
- ^ BOOKIE RAID NETS EX-ASSEMBLYMAN in the New York Times on March 30, 1952 (subscription required)
- ^ "Lawrence J. Murray" at Social Security Info
- 1910 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Haverstraw, New York
- Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
- Disbarred New York (state) lawyers
- American people convicted of theft
- 20th-century American lawyers
- New York (state) politicians convicted of crimes
- 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature