Hines, James J., 1876-1957

1912 won election for N.Y.C. Eleventh Assembly District; 1913 became Chief Clerk to the Board of Aldermen; Lieutenant in the Motor Transport Corps during World War I; 1920 Won primary in N.Y.C. Eleventh Assembly District; Lost election to become Manhattan borough president, 1921; August 1938 indicted for protection of the Dutch Schultz mob and for complicity in a lottery or "numbers game"; Sept 12, 1938 mistrial declared by N.Y. Supreme Court Justice Pecora; February 1939 Hines found guilty of all charges in a N.Y. Supreme Court retrial; March 23, 1939 Sentenced to 4-8 years in prison. September 12, 1944 paroled.

From the description of Newspaper clippings from the trials, 1938-1940. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235942581

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