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PRICE OF JUDGE'S SEAT NEW YORK, August 30. The Mayor of New York, Mr. James Walker, has invited 100 leading' citizens to discuss privately the conditions of graft and bribery. The most startling in the recent revelations, which includes the "buying" of public officials, is the statement that one judge paid £40,000 for a seat on the bench, being double the total salary lie could earn during his 14 years' term. This obviously means that someone else paid the 140,000 to secure the appointment tor friendly decisions. „
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 19 September 1930, Page 6
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