In Re Two Anonymous Members of the South Carolina Bar

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Respondents, Members of the South Carolina Bar and associated together in the practice of law, were charged with conduct which tends to pollute the administration of justice and bring the courts and the legal profession into disrepute, in that they made prohibited contact with the sister of a prospective juror in violation of DR7-108(A & F) of the Supreme Court Rules of Disciplinary Procedure.

DR7-108(A & F), the Rule under which respondents are basically charged, provides as follows:

*478(A) Before the trial of a case a lawyer connected therewith shall not communicate with or…