Warren L. Bishop (1890–1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served as District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1931 to 1939.
[1][2] Bishop made his first political speech at the age of 17 and spent a number of years stumping for the Democratic Party.
[4] On December 22, 1922, Arthur Kenneth Reading, District Attorney-elect of Middlesex County, appointed Bishop as one of his assistants.
The two defendants, who were Canadian tourists accused of attempting to break into a gas station, were immediately found not guilty.
He was granted early release for good behavior but he refused in order to delay his move to Charlestown State Prison.
On August 26, 20 state troopers raided the Middlesex Motor Club in Lexington and seized illegal gambling equipment and liquor.
[17] In 1936, Bishop nol prossed an assault and battery by means of dangerous weapons case against Cornelius V.S.
[22] Bishop ran well behind the Republican frontrunners John W. Haigis and Leverett Saltonstall and dropped out of the race before the party convention.
Shortly thereafter, a group of Republican leaders, former district attorneys, and lawyers including Robert Bushnell, Frank Volpe, Sinclair Weeks, Daniel Needham, and Benjamin Loring Young announced that they would support Bradford for District Attorney "as a public duty and necessity".
[25] One of Bishop's assistant district attorneys, Julius H. Wolfson, resigned in order to support Bradford.