Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Cawthorn

LE BLANC, Justice.

On January 3, 1946, a Federal Grand Jury sitting in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division, returned a true bill against William T. Burton, James A. Noe, Joe T. Cawthorn and Marcel F. La Branche, charging them with having entered into a conspiracy with Edwin H. Oliveira, Bernard R. Hughes and John Joseph Astorias, the. latter three not being indicted, and also various other per-, sons whose names were unknown, to corruptly influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice in a criminal prosecution…