Commonwealth Ex Rel. Buckingham v. Ward

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reprimanding for professional misconduct.

This is a proceeding to review the findings and an order of recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the Kentucky State Bar Association that respondent, W. J. Ward, be disbarred from the practice of law.

The respondent is county attorney of Johnson county. On February 4, 1935, C. Buckingham and J. W. Caudill filed a complaint against him with the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar Association, in which they charged him with the commission of numerous offenses calling for disciplinary action, and they asked…