In re Wall

Locke, D. J.

It has been charged that the defendant, J. B. Wall, an attorney of this court, did, with an unlawful, tumultous, and riotous gathering, he advising and encouraging thereto, take from the jail of this county and hang a man, to the court known only as John. To this charge he has filed an answer, demurring to the action of the court because—First, no complaint under oath has been filed; and, secondly, because he has been charged with an indictable offense, of which this court has no jurisdiction before indictment and conviction; and denying that he counseled, advised, encouraged, or…