The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
Gossip Of men
and matters
Mr.. Troy Tnll<s Of Lawyers.

Speaking of the melting Of the Cen
| tral Council of the Alabama Bar Assoc
citation held in Birmingham Tuesday.
Mr.. Alexander Troy, the secretary OF
the Association, who returned to Mont
gomery yesterday, said:
Il am not a member OF tne
committee, and therefore cannot
tell you the particular matters or
cases Investigated by the council, but
am glad TO say that complaints
against several lawyers were investi-
gated and prosecutions authorized. that
IL, the chairman OF the council was
directed to turn over to the solicitor
| for prosecution the complaints filed
with the council against several DIFF
ferent attorneys.
Since the passage of the act OF the
legislature making 1t the duty of a
solicitor to prosecute on the complaint
of the Alabama State Bar Association.
or it's central council much new life
and vitality has been injected into the
Association.
The central council, composed of the
Hon. Thomas r. Roulhac. chairman; E.
X. Campbell, Charles P. Jones, A. s.
Van de Graaff and w. w. Callahan. Is
an assurance to the profession In this
State that no prosecution Will be un-
ldertaken where the acts against the
attorney charged have not been
thoroughly Investigated. and further
assurance to the bar of Alabama that
there lie no member of the bar whose
standing is so prominent or whose In
Ffuence is so great, that. IL charge
of professional misconduct is brought
against him, 1t will not receive the
thoushtful consideration of the coun-
ell, and IL the facts set forth In the
complaint Justify 1t, a prosecution OF
such attorney.
II do not believe It Is generally I'M
derstood that the Legislature of Ala
bama at the session preceding the last,
passed an act which had the approval
of the Governor making 1t INSIDE
meanor for an attorney at-law by his
emissaries to solicit practice. An at
torney guilty of this professional mis-
conduct could now be disbarred; but
the Bar Association has no authority
to prosecute unless complaint in writ
ing is made charging the attorney COM.
planned of with this unprofessional con-
duct, which complaint must be verified
by afidavit. Neither the officers nor
the members of the central council will
make themselves public informers, espe-
cially as the council is the duly au-
thorized body to consider the com
plant. They do not propose to be
witnesses and judges in the same case
but the public should know that on
proper complaint, stating facts verified
by affidavits. the council will duly con-
slider the charge.
Although 1 cannot give you the
names of the different attorneys pro-
ceeded against, l will state that one
attorney in the northern part of this
State has surrendered his license,
which will be presented to the Supreme
Court on Thursday. and which will ef-
fectually deprive him of the right to
practice law in this State, as has
already occurred in other instances
under the same statute.
"Ali of the members of the council
| except the Hon. w. H. Callahan of
Decatur were present. Mr. Edward
| deGraffenreid, president and as sec
rotary of the Association. on the in
vitation of the chairman of the central
council, were present at the meeting"