State ex rel. Attorney General v. Latham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original proceedings in the Supreme Court. The State of Alabama on the relation of its Attorney General, files impeachment proceedings against Edgar E. Latbam, sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, basing the same upon the report of the grand jury of said county recommending impeachment. Defendant discharged.
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Original proceedings in the Supreme Court. The State of Alabama on the relation of its Attorney General, files impeachment proceedings against Edgar E. Latbam, sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, basing the same upon the report of the grand jury of said county recommending impeachment. Defendant discharged. The specifications were, first, willful neglect of the duties of his office for and on account of his habitual drunkenness and intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and the importance of his duties, as unfits him as such sheriff…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
In accordance with the recommendation of the grand jury of Tuscaloosa county, the Attorney General, in the name of the state of Alabama, presents articles praying the impeachment of the defendant, which will be copied in the statement of this case by the reporter. The first and second charges were *283abandoned by tlie state, and the trial Aims had on the third charge as set out.
The only question necessary to consider is whether the defendant should be impeached for a violation of section 173 of the Constitution, which is made applicable to sheriffs by section 174.
It is not claimed that the…
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