Talk:James Joseph Hines

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James J. Hines

   Born December 18, 1876
   Married Geneva E. Cox, 1904, had three children
   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 Hines paroled
   d. 26 Mar. 1957