Commonwealth v. Roe
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 74. — PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR DISBARMENT OF C. C. ROE, A PRACTICING ATTORNEY. — October 8. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (C. P. Branch, Third Division). Matt O’Doherty, Judge.
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CASE 74. — PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR DISBARMENT OF C. C. ROE, A PRACTICING ATTORNEY. — October 8. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (C. P. Branch, Third Division). Matt O’Doherty, Judge. Prom a judgment of dismissal, the Commonwealth appeals. — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. An information supported by affidavits and a motion for a rule against the defendant to show cause why he should not be disbarred is the proper way to proceed in disbarment proceedings for acts which do not occur in the presence of the court. (4 Cyc., 915; Randall v. Bingham, 7 Wall., 523; Barr Ass’n City of…
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Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll —
Reversing.
The purpose of this proceeding was to disbar the appellee, a practicing attorney at law in the city of Louisville. The information filed against him by the Commonwealth’s attorney of the district, in the name of the Commonwealth, was as follows: “Commonwealth of Kentucky v. C. C. Roe. Joseph M. Huff alter, Commonwealth’s attorney of the Thirteenth judicial district of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, who, in the name of and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, prosecutes in its behalf, in his own person comes into the Jefferson circuit…
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