Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Disbarment Proceedings. Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Proceedings by the Alabama State Bar Association for the disbarment of Wiley T. Johnson, a licensed practicing attorney. From a judgment of disbarment, Johnson appeals. It was based upon an affidavit, signed by W. B. Brown, by Borden H. Burr, the solicitor of the Seventh judicial circuit.
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Disbarment Proceedings. Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Proceedings by the Alabama State Bar Association for the disbarment of Wiley T. Johnson, a licensed practicing attorney. From a judgment of disbarment, Johnson appeals. It was based upon an affidavit, signed by W. B. Brown, by Borden H. Burr, the solicitor of the Seventh judicial circuit. The charges grew out of the letter addressed to Judge John Pelham at Anniston, Ala., with full postage and register charges paid. The letter is in the following language: “Helena, Ala., Jan. 1, 1906. Hon. John Pelham,…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
This is a disbarment proceeding, prosecuted in the name of the state of Alabama against Wiley T. Johnson. The proceeding was instituted by the solicitor of the Seventh judicial circuit, on a written statement signed by the .chairman of the Central Council of the Alabama State Bar Association, attested by the secretary of the Association, and accompanied by the written affidavit of W. B. Browne, making charges for the suspension or removal of said Wiley T. Johnson, as *96an attorney at law, and setting ¡forth facts upon which such suspension'or removal should be based. This is in accordance with…
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