Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-31
''CERTAIN"
Justices Named
By the Investigating
Committee.
Action Of Association
Causes Criticism.
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"It's of the Most Asinine
Character
Indignantly Remarked Attorney
C. F. Beery.
Indignantly Remarked Attorney
C. F. Beery.
Campbell and Hard Are Name d
as the Justices.
Committee Will Continue Its Work OF
Investigation.

"The action of the Bar Association
has been Of the most assine character"
said Attorney G. It. Beery today in
speaking of the Associations action re-
lating to its adopting the report of the
committee appointed to investigate
Mr.. Rowley's charges against 'cer-
tain" local Justice.
Justice Campbell and Hard were
named as Justices who had contracts
with lawyers to divide fees and costs
and Parsons & Burch, w. T.. Snyder
and the Akron Grocers' Association
were named as the other patries to
contracts.
Speaking further, Mr.. Beery said:
''It seems very strange that an organi-
zatiOn composed of lawyers should in
any case pass Judgment against an ac-
cused person, without giving the ac-
cused an opportunity to be heard; yet
this is just what the Bar Association
has done with respect to one of the
parties named in the report adopted by
it. e. ]. Hard, named in the report,
was not at any time called before the
Investigating committee of the Bar
Association, and the report of the COM
mittee in so far as it touches him is
outrageously unfair and unjust AS
to the other portions of the report,
desire to say nothing, but in the matter
of its action respecting Squire Hard,
the action of the association has been
of the most assinine character"
Other attorneys are talking in an
equally vigorous manner. II seems
that the adoption of the report was al
most smuggled through. Efforts to adopt
the report by vote were made three
times. Twice ii was voted down. and
fighting among the attorneys contin-
ued. 1t was put TO vote for the third
time; its passage was questionable so
it Is claimed, but before the "antis"
knew what was up. a motion to ad-
jOurn was put and sustained.
1t has been learned that charges were
also preferred against others, including
Justice of the Peace. and that the
association authorized the committee
u, investigate all Testimony against
another Justice was presented to the
bar. 1t made no finding, and has evil
IDENTIFY sought to hush the matter up.
The report as adopted follows, and
will be found self-explanatory:
"The undersigned committee on In
vestlgation and Grievances of the Sum
init County Bar Association. beg leave
TO submit the following partial report
upon the matter submitted 10 MS, under
- resolution adopted by said associa.
ton, Monday, March "a, 1900.
I'VE have fully investigated that
branch of the subject matter under
consideration relating to the alleged
misconduct on the part of attorneys
land Justices of the Peace. and here
with report our findings of fact and
transmit copy of all evidence given
before said committee:
I'VE find that the law firm of Par
sons d Burch on or about the first day
of November. 1895 entered into n writ
ten contract with one j. r. Campbell.
Justice of the Peace of Akron town
ship. wherein 1t was stipulated that In
all cases brought before said Justice
by said attorneys, and no costs collect
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should he personally liable 10 said
! Justice of the Peace and the constable
serving the writ, for n fee of S1.50 in
: each and every case where there was
hut one defendant and 30 cents addi-
tional for each additional defendant.
ut was further stipulated thar IN
cases where costs were collected from
the Judgment debtors, said Parsons X
Burch were to receive one-fourth of ali
such costs over S1.50, or So as the case
might he, to be applied upon costs in
all cases where nothing had been real
lied from the defendants
I'VE further find that thus far. under
said contract between said Parsons II
Eurch and Squire Campbell, said Par
sons & Burch have paid or caused to be
paid in all cases brought before said