In Re Bailey

541 So.2d 1036 (1989)

In re Inquiry Concerning Justice Court Judge William E. (Bill) BAILEY.

No. 89-CC-00029.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1989.

Luther T. Brantley, III, Jackson, for petitioner.

Percy L. Lynchard, Jr., Hernando, for respondent.

EN BANC

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Before the Court this day is a justice court judge charged by the Commission on Judicial Performance with judicial misconduct, the forms of which include ordering a woman imprisoned for non-payment of a civil debt. Ignorance of the law is even less an excuse for a judge than for a private citizen. As this…