Supreme Court Justice Henry L. Sherman of New York has been elevated by Governor Roosevelt to the Appellate Division, in place of Justice Proskauer, who resigned. Justice Sherman, who is 60 years old, is a native New Yorker. In 1927 he was elected to the Supreme Court. Justice Sherman is a director of the Jewish Orphan Asylum.
Attorney Jonah Goldstein of New York City is being mentioned as a possible appointee to the Supreme Court post made vacant by the elevation of Justice Sherman.
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