In re Griffin
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hamilton Circuit Court; J. F. Neal, Judge. Proceeding to disbar Samuel W. Griffin from the practice of the law. From a judgment of disbarment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHenley, C. J.
This was a proceeding commenced by certain attorneys appointed by the judge of the Hamilton Circuit Court to disbar appellant from the practice of law. The proceeding was commenced under §988 Burns 1901, which is as follows: “The proceedings to remove or suspend an attorney may be commenced by the direction of the court or on motion of an individual. In the former case the court must direct some attorney to draw up and prosecute the accusation; in the latter case it may be drawn up by any person, and sworn to by the person making it. Such accusation may be filed in any court in which the…
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