In Re Maley

This proceeding against John E. Maley, the respondent, was begun pursuant to the order of this court dated April 21, 1933. The board of governors of the Illinois State Bar Association has filed a report and has moved that the respondent be disbarred and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys. The respondent has filed exceptions to the report.

The testimony in this case discloses that John E. Maley was graduated from law school in 1892 and has practiced law since then at Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois. About 1920 he defended a man charged with murdering an engineer and a fireman…