The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-16
SNOW DlSBARRED
FOR SIXTY DAYS
Cases Against wilkins and
Bowman Dismissed.
JUSTICE BASKlN BISSENTs
sUPREME COURT PASSES ON
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.

IN an opinion that disbars Attorney
Alviras Z. Snow Ter sixty DAYS. and
Hismisses the cases against Attorneys
W Il. Wilkins and J. u. Bowman. the
f5ate supreme court yesterday after
noon Purged Associate Justice Bartch
bf that tribunal Of any corruption in
connection with the suit brought by c.
y. Morrison against the Morrison Min
ing company ct al. TO recover posses
sion Of $4,000 shares Of stock of the
company, OF which company Justice
B3rtch is an officer.
The opinion was written bv Associate
Justice McCarty and concurred ia by
district Judge Thomas Marf0neaux-
Associate Justice Baskin hands down q
partially dissenting opinion. He con-
turs in the findings relative TO Attorney
toWTa1. but holds that Attorneys
Snow and Wilkins should be disbarred
Tor life.
Accusations Against Bartch.
The proceedings were an outgrowth
or an action i'm equity brought by g. =.
Morrison against STOW TO have can
celled and resCinded certain contract
entered into between them whereby
Morrison sold and delivered 70 snow
I47,0u0 shares OF mining stock of the
Morrison Mining company. In his all
swer Snow alleged that Mr. Justice
Bartch conspired and coBfeder-
aEed with the said Morrison and used
the weight Of his personal as we'll as
Judicial influence TO induce said MOrTi-
son 10 bring his said suit; that the said
suit is colora BILE. and is not a beEa fide
suit, but is brought and is the result
o. conspiracy between the said Bartch
and the said Morrison for the sole
90. So &c. Al.
SjinctS of said BaTtCh = and 1t is
agreed between them that the fruits
resulting from this suit if any. shall
be divided between the said BartCh and
the said Morrison"
Charges Were Utterly False.
The opinion says that it was rot nee
essary nor proper TO make Justice
Bartch d party to the action. and that
the evidence in the case shows that the
allegations made against him were
utterly false and without any founda-
Ton whatever and the trial court so
fol>-sE
In his answer Snow says that no in
tent was meant TO impugn the honor
or reflect upon the integrity Of Justice
BaTtch as a member of this honorable
court, as judicial official. that if there
be anything which can be so construed
81 was certainly not intentional on his
part This plea was also interposed by
Attorney wilkins. Attorney Bowman
replied be did not prepare any of the
ple3dings or written or printed argu-
ne ITS in said case, and did not have
fnFtnirg to do in the preparation or
oictation Of them OF either Of them.
Warnings to All Attorneys.
Justice McCarty then says the dis
Clainers that respondents intended TO
relied uuOn Justice Bartch as a mem
Ter Of this court or as a judicial officer
cannot excuse them as the language
used clearly shows the contrary to be
the case" adding, further on. "a mem
Der Of this court Is thus deliberately
Wantonly and falsely charged with
having entered iUto criminal conspira-
cy- a crime for which. if there were any
facts from which guilt could be rea-
sOnably Inferred he could, and I'm all
probability would, be made a defendant
in a criminal proceeding. and ne would
also be liable u Impeachment and re-
moval from office. Such false and sean
dalous accusations when made by
sworE officer of the court whose duty
f. is TO maintain the respect honor and
dignity of the judiciary. is a scandal
that must necessarily affect the courts.
and has a tendency TO degrade and
bring into public disreDute the entire
judiciary department Of the state and
thereby weaken its efficacy and de-
stroy its usefulness.
"If INDUCED iu by attorneys who are
Indifferent to the duties imposed upon
them by the oath they have taken.
A" the confidence that the masses
Of the people have always had in the
courts % justice in this country and the
respect they have always entertained
for them. is bound TO be 10 some eN-
tent weakened and their moral support
accordingly weakened.