The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-08
JUDGMENT OF THE BAR.
4 Brigham City Attorney to Be dis
barred from Practice.
Stormy Sessions Of the Ogden Association
brigham IL. Jones Makes an At
tack on Attorney Rogers.

OeDEN, June Especial. 1.-The Og-
den Bar association today acquitted
Brigham II. Jones OF Brigham City, of
the charges of dishonorable and unpro-
fessionai conduct preferred against him
some time ago, with a severe reprimand
for the irregular methods pursued by
him in some OF his cases, but will take
the case of Ricy II. Jones to the court,
with the recommendation that he be dis
barred
The association met this morning at 10
o'clock, with about fifty members OF the
bar present, and the session lasted until
this evening, the Jones cases occupying
the attention of the association most OF
the time. B. H. Jones was present, but
r. 81. Jones was not. Immediately after
converting the Jones cases were called and
the report of the investigating committee
read.
During the consideration of the report a
large number of fiery speeches were made
and several attempts were made to refer
the report back to the committee for a
more specific report aud recommends
tions on the evidence, but the members
OF the committee refused to act, for the
reason that in their opinion they had
already performed the part given them by
the resolution creating the Investigating
committee. The other members OF the
association were accused OF lack OF back
bone in not desiring TO take action with
cat some one making recommendations
to govern their deliberations. 1t was at
last decided to take up and consider the
sections one at q time, first as TO b. ii.
Hon G und zoP0nd rs fO n n lnnPS. The
Joneses were represented by James n.
kinball, while l.. r. Rogers presented
tie facts in much the same manner as
they had been represented to the COM
mittee. When 1890 O'Clock arrived the
report had not been thoroughly discussed,
ard a recess was taken until o. clock.
AT the later hour there were nearly as
many attorneys present as at the morning
session and the deliberations at the after
noon session were lust as sensational as
the forenoon.
A large number of exhibits were pre-
scented at the hearing, some OF winch
were of damaging character.
They included the docket of Justice OF
the Peace Ensign, which it is alleged the
Jones brothers had mutilated and tam
pered with in the interests of their eli
ents and for their personal benefit. There
were also two statements, signed by large
number of Brigham City's most iniuen-
fial citizens, setting out that in the opin-
ion of the signers the Joneses were I'M
professional and dishonorable in theil
legal practices, and their reputation fol-
truth and veraclty was bad, this being
the case more especially with r. ii.
Jones, whom the signers said they would
not believe under oath.
Just before 4 'clock vote was taken
on a motion to dismiss the charges as tt
B. H. Jones, it being the sense of the as
MocIafio7 fbof fl1av did not oOactifufo 9
foundation sufficient upon which TO bass
an action for disbarment. This motor
carried, fourteen members voting for i
and ten against.
} The report was then considered as Il
Ricy Jones, and after the case had beer
presented by Mr. KImball for his client
and the findings had been gone over care
fully, motion was put and carried tina
it be the sense of the association that Ricy
II. Jones should be disbarred.
A vote of censure was then passed upor
B. ii. Jones for the methods he had uset
in the trial of some of his cases.
A motion TO reconsider the vote exoner
ating the latter met with no second anS
fell to the ground.
At the conclusion of Jones' speech, Mr.
Rogers took the floor and stated that tn
rambling charges made against himsel
We're false in every particular, and as the,
came from the mouth of the young man
met their own answer. His reputation
was dear to him. he said, as it is to ever,
man, especially lawyer, and the charge
were made againsti it by characterless an,
worthless person, and should not be con
sidered by without proper presentation
lie defied Jones to reduce the charges t
writing, and threatened if he did t
bring suit for criminal libel.
AN ATTACK ON ROGERS.
AT this point another sensation wa
sprung upon the association. B. II
Jones secured the eye of the president
and despite the fact that he was inter
rupted several times by members VIII
stated that they had enough of inyesti
: eating for one day, and if MIR. Jones ha
Rny charges to make they should be mad
In writing, proceeded to make some yer
grave charges against the integrity an
professional honor of L. r. Rogers, tn
gentleman who first sprung the inve5tiga
lion lust finished. Rogers, Jones said
was the friend of the sure thing man an
the gambler and would stoop to anythin
in the furtherence of his ends, even max
ing a practice OF bribing juries and wit
nesses. Continuing, the gentleman sal
anumber of Ogden's prominent citizen
had requested tnat he present the charge
before the association, and he wanted
committee appointed to make an invest
cation similar TO that he had been sui
jected to. he promised TO represent I'll
association and would gather togeth'
the necessary evidence in confirmation
what he had said.
The speech was most Incorporate ont
and did not have a good effect upon til
other members of the bar, who reasone
that Mr.. Jones was not in the prop'
frame OF mind to present. such gray
charges to the meeting. 1t was final
decided that when Mr.. Jones presents IL
charges to the association in the prop
manner, in writing, some action will
taken.
Nj. A. Breeder and Val Gideon were s.
lected as the choice of the association IL