Bowman's Case
Supreme Court of Missouri
Information for a Writ of Prohibition. Proceedings were instituted in the circuit court of the city-of St. Louis, before the Hon. Wilbur E. Boyle, one of the judges, upon an information filed by Alex.
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Information for a Writ of Prohibition. Proceedings were instituted in the circuit court of the city-of St. Louis, before the Hon. Wilbur E. Boyle, one of the judges, upon an information filed by Alex. Martin, Edmund T. Allen, E. C. Kehr, Enos Clarke and Joseph G. Lodge, composing the committee of prosecution of the Bar Association of St. Louis, charging the petitioner, Frank J. Bowman, with malpractice, deceit and* misdemeanor in his professional capacity as an attorney at law. Upon a trial before a special jury there was a verdict of guilty, and Judge Boyle was about to pronounce sentence…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
This application for a writ of prohibition against one of the judges of the circuit court of St. Louis, is based on two grounds, one of which is, that the proceeding against Bowman should have been in the name of the State, and could not be prosecuted by private persons; and the other is, that the judge who presided at the trial of the proceeding was disqualified from sitting by reason of his having been, before his election as judge, a member of the Bar Association, whose committee were the prosecutors, and since his election to the bench, was an honorary member of the same. It is well…
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