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Show New York Attorney Gets Justice After Twelve Years of Time New York. Dec. 25. Christmas was made meny for Benjnmin Oppenheim by assurances that after more than 12 years of disbarment from practicing practic-ing law in this city he can resume it, having been vindicated by a referee in the appellate division of the supreme su-preme court yesterday of charges that pioved his undoing in 1S90. when he was just beginning practice here. Opportunity to piove his innocence' came about in an odd way In connection con-nection with a railway damage suit , Oppenheim was charged with bribing brib-ing and coaching witnesses and at the instance of the Metropolitan Street Railway company his disbarment disbar-ment was secured Ten years later j Oppenheim received a letter from a boarding house keeper declaring that in looking over tho papers left by a boarder who had not paid his bills, vouchers were found for about ?10,-000 ?10,-000 given to witnesses wh6 had sworn that Lawyet Oppenheim had persuaded persuad-ed them to commit perjury. j On this evldensco the case was taken tak-en to the appellate division and Investigated In-vestigated by a referee, who reports that the lawyer was wronged and is entitled to a complete vindication. ' |