State ex rel. Walker v. Harber
Supreme Court of Missouri
Proceeding to Disbar. The trial of Joseph Howell, indicted for murdering Nettie Hall, in Linn county, Missouri, on the nineteenth of January, 1889, and matters incident thereto, have given origin to the present proceedings to disbar the respondents from practicing at the bar of this court.
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Proceeding to Disbar. The trial of Joseph Howell, indicted for murdering Nettie Hall, in Linn county, Missouri, on the nineteenth of January, 1889, and matters incident thereto, have given origin to the present proceedings to disbar the respondents from practicing at the bar of this court. Howell was ultimately convicted of the crime with which he was charged, and suffered the extreme penalty which the law denounces against offenders of that class, but before this result was reached 'there were trials a.nd mistrials, with the final result announced in State v. Sowell, 117 Mo. 307. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The foregoing statement of the controlling facts in this case furnishes a sufficient basis on which to ground the following remarks and expression of our views on the salient points presented by this record, and the briefs and arguments of counsel.
1. And first as to the jurisdiction of this court to entertain and determine- proceedings of this’ character. On this point it would seem there can be no room for two opinions. All courts having power to admit attorneys to their bar, possess as a necessary and inherent incident of such power, the right to disbar them for unworthy behavior. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
3Cited by21 opinions
- Ex Parte ThompsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- In Re Proceedings Against Richards for DisbarmentSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Meunier v. BernichLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Burrage v. County of BristolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Wernimont v. State ex rel. Little Rock Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
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