In Re Pagliughi

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Sohettino, J.

We issued an order to show cause, dated May 3, 1962, why respondent, a former magistrate, should not he disbarred or otherwise disciplined and why he should not be held in contempt of the Supreme Court for violating Canon 28 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics which provides:

“28. Partisan Politics.

“While entitled to entertain his personal views of political questions, and while not required to surrender his rights or opinions as a citizen, it is inevitable that suspicion of being warped by political bias will attach to a judge who becomes the…