In re O'Brien
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition to tbe Supreme dourt by Ernest H. O’Brien asking leave to file a petition to be reinstated as an attorney at law and solicitor in chancery.
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Petition to tbe Supreme dourt by Ernest H. O’Brien asking leave to file a petition to be reinstated as an attorney at law and solicitor in chancery. Statement by Watson, O. J. At the February Term, 1919, of the Supreme Court, on charges preferred by the Attorney General of the State, supported by facts found and reported by commissioners appointed to hear evidence and make report of their findings in the premises, Ernest H. 0 ’Brien of Rutland was removed from the office of attorney at law and from the office of solicitor in chancery. The case is reported in 93 Yt. 194, 107 Atl. 487.…
1Opinion of the Court
Watson, C. ' J.
(after making the foregoing statement). From what is shown in the above statement as to the allegations and charges contained in the original complaint, the respondent was charged with two offences committed by him in connection with the case of Eastman and Clement v. Vermont Marble Company, namely: First, an attempt to deceive the chancellor before whom the cause was then on trial, and to that end, wilfully and knowingly giving false testimony, the effect of which was, if believed, to show that the alleged written agreement was, as to Eastman and Clement, newly discovered…
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