In Re Megill

This matter is of such importance to the court and the public in general — it is so unusual in its nature — that it cannot be passed over in silence, nor can it be passed upon except in such manner as will inform the public generally of the position which the court must of necessity take in matters of this kind.

I have prepared a statement, which I propose to make now, in connection with this affair. That statement was prepared in the hope that it will be sufficiently informative to the general public, and to these men, in particular, and as an admonition to the bar of this county and the…