Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-01-20
LAPORTE PENNA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, Sg
FORCED TO RETIRE FROM PRACTICE.

FORCED TO RETIRE FROM PRACTICE.
John g. Scouten Practicing Attorney at
the Sullivan County Courts Disembarrec
by the Honorable Judges Who Preside
Woefully Mistakened in His Sensation
al Act and Offers and Apology too Late.
1t may be some comfort TO John G.
Scouten that his passing out from tn,
practice OF law and into that obsecurit,
from which he emerges only to disgrace
the name of man, was accompanied by the
satisfaction of having tongue.lashed the
Court which he held in contempt, in his
accustomed slimy, poisoning venomous
language that degrees below that of the
lowest servitor of his Satanic Majesty.
Now what are the facts in the case i?
They are these: In the Court of Com
mon Pleas at last December term rule
was served upon John G.Scouten to show
cause why he should not be removed from
his Office of attorney and be adjudged as
in contempt of court and was acted upon
as here follows, showing the presumptous
and egotistical manner the said Scouten
with his self conceit and exalted idea OF
his own infnitesimai mind, proceeded to
crticise, sensure, attack and maliciously
deiame the dignity of our Court:
BY THE COURT.
at appearing tina, John G.Scouten Esq
a member of the Bar of Sullivan County.
being in attendance upon an adjourned
court, held at the Court House in Laporte
Pa. on the l4th day Of October, as an at
torney, and as such attorney was repre-
seating the application to set asiie the
Sherifi's sale of the real estate of John P.
McGee. Also representing the plaintiff
in the case of Bush vs. Wiggins, being an
application on the part of the above nam
ed defendant to open the judgement en-
in and defend. And both of said cases
having been decided,by said Court, gainst
the clients of said John G. Scouten ESQ.,,
and while the said Court was in session,
one of the Judges thereof to wit, His
Honor Conrad Kraus, having left the
Bench to go down stairs for few moments
he was immediately followed by said John
G. Scouten, ESQ out into the hall or cor.
ridor of the court house and there in the
presence OF many persons, among them
f. H. Ingham, Esq, VIM. P. Shoemaker,
Esq s. B. Karns, Esq, Frank Buck j.
H. Stackhouse and others, the said John
G. Scouten did then and there make a
vile, abusive and defamatory attack upon
said Hon. Conrad Kraus for and because
OF said decisions made by the Court at it's
session that day And did in loud and
boisterous and angry ,nanne- say to Judge
Kraus. ~ don't think you did what was
right. You did not 60 accorping to the
dictates of your conscience. | suppose
you feel tckled now. You don't know
what is right and what isn't right. Your
Court is nothing but farce. 1t don't
amount to anything. You only hold
them for the money there is in it. You
are holding your adjourned courts every
two weeks just to get your time and fol
the money there is in it. l have more
brains in the top of my head than the
whole Kraus generation. don't know
whether your clothes are paid for or moi
if you keep on holding your adjourned
courts you may be able to pay for them
You strut around with yor big belly anG
God Almighty coat on. Your a big tut
; of CUTS and big belly ot* ** &c
take off your God Almighty Coat, get of
the Bench, get your cleaver and your
, knife, you are not fit to be Judge. Yor
don't know anything. You are liar
Your decisions are not just and not ac
scording to your conscience not what yot
think is right.
And at noon adjournment of said Cour
upon same day the said John G. Scouten
Esq, followed Judges Kraus and Line in
to the Judges Chambers making loud ant
angry and abusive comments upon tn,
rulings of the court. And standing ir
the court room exclaimed in loud ant
boisterous manner. ''To hell with YOU
Rules Of Court. This Court is nothin,
but farce any way''. And said to Judg'
Kraus, "You 60 according to the rules o
John Yonkin, he rules you and you rul
the Court. You don't know enough t,
read the rules Of court and you could no
, understand them if you did. You are ,
liar, and dare not come down into tn,
court yard and | will clear you ofthe law.
f. And many other abusive and false thing
in regard to the court and its decisions.
1t appearing further that the said Johl
G. Scouten, Esq, did prior to the l4th da,