Maloney v. State Ex Rel. Prosecuting Attorney

In the early case of Beene v. State, 22 Ark. 149, the court quoted with approval the language of Chief Justice MARSHALL in Ex parte Burr, 9 Wheat. 530, as follows: "On one hand, the profession of an attorney is of great importance to an individual, and the prosperity of his whole life may depend on its exercise. The right to exercise it ought not to be lightly or capriciously taken from him. On the other, it is extremely desirable that the respectability of the bar should be maintained, and that its harmony with the bench should be preserved. For these objects, some controlling power, some…