Metzger v. O'Donoghue

SMYTH, Chief Justice.

The Committee on Grievances of the Su- ' preme Court of the District of Columbia investigated a complaint against Percy Metzger, a member of the bar of that court, and reported that the committee deemed the facts as ascertained by them to be sufficient to support the complaint, and recommended that Metzger be called upon to answer. He was duly notified, and he answered. The matter was tried by the court in general term; the chief justice and two associate justices sitting. A great deal of testimony was taken. The court, one justice dissenting, found Metzger guilty, and…