Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-08
SHARP PRACTICE.
Stryker Makes a Ten Strike, and is
Stricken.
A Practitioner at the Bar A~rraigned Before
the Bar Of Justice.

The matter of the State vs.. J.. w.
Stryker, attorney at law, etc, for obtain
ing money under false pretences, was de-
cided, so far as the preliminary examine
ton goes, yesterday morning, by5Squire
Herman bonding Stryker over to appear
at the next term Of the Criminal Court,
under bonds in the sum Of $1,000. The
case is which we nave noticed before.
and which has attracted considerable at
tention lately, not only in police circles,
but as being one which involves various
other charges, and may be a pretty big
affair. The facts are simply these: Oh
the docket of Squire Horne, of Is60-6I.
which fell by legitimate succession into
the hands of Squire Creighton.
n from him descended to
Squire Foley, were various judgments.
executions, ETC., which, owing to the n
settled condition Of the country since that
period, had never been collected. Stry-
ker, OCCUPYING the same office with Squire
Foley, CHANGED to fine this fact out. and
thereby TO ibis eagle eye was revealed a
chance to make a"spec." We understand,
and from good authority, that he first APP
preached Squire Foley with an offer to
make out and collect these various sums,
he and Foley s~haring-the proceeds of the
same. This offer Squire Foley. as be-
came an honest man, Indignantly spurned,
and refused IN toto TO have anything to do
with so nefariOus a transaction. Moth
ing daunted, Stryker determined
to strike for himself, and accordingly at
every opportunity went through the
books, and made memoranda and alb
stracts of these cases. Among those
which he went for was a Judgment in
faVor of JemisOn Il Bro. rs. Joe. Seligman
for S26, given in 1860. This he presented,
as the testimony went to show, to Selig-
man, and the latter rather than have any
controversy about the matter agreed to
pay him a certain sum-, for which sum
Stryker by his striker agreed to accept
and lie accept, and gave a receipt for the
same, signing for il as the attorney for
Mrs. Jemison, the eXecutrix of Robert
Jemison, the assignee of the firm Of
Jelnison & Bro. Mrs. JemisOn never got
a cent of the money, and by some means,
not necessary here to relate, became cog
infant of the affair, and commenced
making inquiries into the matter. The
result was a warrant for Stryker for OBJ
tanning money under false pretences.
The matter was Immediately brought up
for examination before Squire Foley, on
Saturday last. Stryker claimed TO have
acted under authority from Mrs. Jemi-
son; and, rather than have any difficulty
about the matter, and bring that lady into
a magistrates court, her attorney agreed
not to prosecute the case. Stryker got
his back up, however, and under the garb
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matter drop thus, declaring that he would
60 into an examination and come
out "as becomes an honest man.
A change of venue was obtained from
Foley to Herman, and on Monday the
case was examined. Mrs. Jemison's tes-
timOny was to the effect that on the 18th
of September last a man came to her
house and informed her that an attorney
in the city knew where there was an exc
cutiOn in favor of her late husband. on
which he could collect some money, ifs6e
iP0uid giUe han hGJ Of tie proceeds. She
refused to give him any authority to act
in the matter, and he departed. She new
er heard of him or the money afterward.
Styker tried to prove that he had COM
promised the matter with Seligman, with
q Mrs. tensions authority, for SIS; that
he had volunteered to send her thai sum
Ofmoney, but the constable wouldn't take
it, etc, etc. The constable, on being ex-
amined, testified to having collected SIS,
and charged $ for doing so, givingS tryker
$40. That isthe last ever heard ofthe so. 1t
was proved coHclusivelv, first, that Stry-
ker had no authority on earth to collect
the money second, that he signed him
self as the attorney of Mrs. JemisOn with
out authority, n third, that he never
made any returns for the money he did
collect. OF course he was "'sent up." We
understand there are ten other similar
cases, and that Squire Foley saws there
sactions Of this individual. We hope that
justice may be done, and that the devil
and the jailor may have their due.