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on On December 1, 1926, under the name of GEORGE LONG, ZWILLMAN was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Judge BOETTNER, of the First Criminal Court District, om February 10, 1927, suspended the sentence, Qn March 8, 1927, ABE ZWILLMAN was arrested mder the alias ef GEORGE LONG, alias "LONGY", under Newark Police Department number 16572, and was charged with Atrocious Assault and Battery with intent to kill. On April 19, 1927, Judge BOETTNER, of the First Criminal Court District, Newark, New Jersey, discharged ZWILLMAN, and the complaint was dismissed. On June 6, 1927, he was arrested under the name of "LONGY" ZWILLMAN, and charged with Atrocious Assault and Battery, and on July 8, 1927, Judge HOWE, of the First Criminal Court District, reported the complaint withdram by the canplainant. On March 6, 1928, under the name of ABE ZWILLMAN, he was arrested and charged with Atrocious Assault and Battery, and on March 16, 1928, the complaint was withdrawn by complainant before Judge HOWE. On March 18, 1928, under the name of ABE 2WILLMAN, he was arrested and charged with Atrocius Assault and Battery. On June 25, 1928, Judge ROWE held ZWILLMAN wmder $1,000 bond for action of the Grand Jury. On December 12, 1930, Judge BRENNAN sentenced ZWILLMAN to six months in Essex County Prison and penalized him $1,000 fine. On Avgust 21, 1939, ZWILLMAN was cited in contempt of court of Jodge WILLIAM BARRETT of the Southern District of New York for refusing to answer certain questions put to him before a special Federal Grand Jury. He was sentenced to six months; was released on $10,000 bail, pending appeal. On the date ZWILLMAN was cited in contempt of court, WILLIAM 4. WACHENFELD, Prosecutor of Essex County, New Jersey, and LEON W. KAPP, his assistant, had interviews with Agents and Assistant U. S. Attorneys in New York City at which time they claimed they had information of interest to the Government in connection with union activities. There was no apparent Federal violation in the information they gave. After the conference, WACHENFELD stated that he would appreciate any information uncovered before the Federal Grand Jury as to ABVER ZWILLMAN and WILLIE MORETTI whom he mentioned as two of his "headaches" in New Jersey. WACHENFELD was 2WILLMAN's attormey prior to his appointment as prosecutor, The "Newark Evening News" of January 15, 1940 reported that the Federal Penitentiary sentence of six months against ABNER ZWILLMAN, Newark Third Ward figure, was reversed on that day on a unanimous opinion issued by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jane 7, 1950