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Trial Transcript of the Disbarment Hearing of M. Edna Hurst, 1935
Description
This collection contains a bound typescript copy of the trial transcript of the disbarment hearing of M. Edna Hurst from 1935, as well as correspondence between William W. Campbell, Esq. and H. Dennis Shumacher, Esq. regarding the transcript, miscellaneous notes, correspondence between F. Lyman Windolph, Esq. and Robert Ruppin, Esq. and a article entitled "A Short Form of Impeachment" written by Windolph in 1970.
Admin/Biographical History
Mary Edna Hurst Garber (1880-1953) began her law career as secretary to Judge John M. Groff. In 1929, she was admitted to the Lancaster Bar Association. Hurst and Judge Groff were forced to resign their respective positions in 1932 as the result of improper legal activities that included taking money from bootleggers in exchange for leniency in the courts. While Groff resigned as president judge in August, 1932, Miss Hurst violated promise to resign and was disbarred as a result in 1935. Miss Hurst later married Benjamin F. Garber of Elizabethtown where she died in 1953.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Trial Transcript of the Disbarment Hearing of M. Edna Hurst, 1935 (MG0988), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
