Ex parte Smith

— This is an appeal by Jeremiah Smith from the order and judgment of the Randolph Circuit Court, disbarring him from practicing as an attorney of said court, and ordering that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys thereof, for contempt.

The facts, as they appear by a bill of exceptions, are these: An action of slander (Burnworth v. Hiatt) was pending in said court, in which said Smith was attorney for the plaintiff. For the purpose of dismissing said action, on the 6th day of March, 1867, in the vacation of said court, said Smith wrote on the court docket, opposite the docket entry…