The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-26
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HIS BOLD gLAv EAK 4 ER
AND $NANT0NL y USsEED]$ IS q ] { POWER Q 4 llE:l'
81 His Bar Were a; ~ In 4
prisoncd Without al Al Decent
Show 81 aso1l- y Vas ';a:sss
Harsh, Tyrannical, Op7
prcssivic7 q u and and 4 ~ q; any x
Other Bad Things. q
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s5WAsHINGTON,.D 1. D G.. March 2S,- - = Re- e-s
lsclyed. THAT Charles swayne:: Judge { 1'o, ofs
the District Court OF the United States lute
III and for tho EorthernTsD strict of3
Tloi.da. be inpcached q high ~ mis{de- de-
.ineanor. ss5 s8 i;f5 Il + Fl II
This n Is the recomr1.sr dation the
Hou Sc Committed on the dietary to the the
House ir,5s the report of the committee
flied to- day BY RI prcsentatiy I've alncr. Of
3m.ttee, which lnvcstiga ted I'M the Sc
agar, list Judge 5wayne. a fter discussin &
the charges In detail a gainst jn1 Judge
sswayne, and giving the findings IN each$
ca se the report concludes as follows:
Il upon the whole case. It Is plain that
Judge Swayne has forfeited the respect
ana con fidcncc OF the bar OF his court.
md of q the people of his district !" n no
do business here. He has SO conduct e 1i
himself 10 & to earn tfe repnt lon 2 e be-
Ing sceptible TO the nfluence p 'e,s
8of ma !, toriousl,' bsd m
Hi 4fa s shown limDclf ito he harsh Wy
&rannical and opprcsslv We. un mindful & Of s
Sthe common llcs OF a. inst al nj ~ prls NJ NJ
Re N re- has con tinuo1tsly and persist
entity violated the plain word dss OF q sta 7 4
$tItasso u the United States and subje
to punishment for the commits
sion OF a, high misdemeanor. re b J mas las
fined and imprisoned men bers g his par ?: IT
FOR a constructive contempt VI ithout me no
authority OF w anu WI " out q dece1lt
show OF reason, either tfroug h incxc usa,-55
hle ir1, ora nee, a malicious intent to ain-$
lure. ora wanton disposi ton TO exercise R g
arbitrary power. He has ondemncd q W y
a term OF imprisonment in the ] county
3tnil a. reputable citizen of the Sta TO OF
FLORIDA over whom he had no ,nrlsdlc-l
3tfnn who was guilty OF no thought OF q
contempt OF his court. for no offense
against him or in the presence OF tFe
court, or in obstruction OF any ofder,
{rnla command or decree And, after.
The accused had purged himself on oa.ti,
Honor Demands Removal.
fS S,.For ali these reasons. Cha ees swayne
has been guilty or lnishe ehayiiora ~ ms q
flee OF judgc.and grossly Nioiatcd ne ne
condition upon which he held this NJ hon n
ai,,dciary. the orderly and deeent admin
tra ton OF pllhlic Justice and the well ,lt
fare OF the people Of the United states.
demand his impeachment and removal va
from the high place which his contdnc3ta n
has DEGRADED =, e, q, !
,SAs 10 the charge that Judge swaYne'
Is. a II ron-residents Of his distric thet re-
port concludes: S asS s h, ;t 4. :. /.
..ITron,S the testimony II, " be ca se,i yoNlr
committee find That tsiIndgei sWaSne glias y, . .
naever acquired a. legal RESI- dence IN \ ne ne
Northern, District Of Fl orida,S nor na m $
he actually resided there Is d fe0ulllea
Sby#the act of Cong gress. t58 "a " Z,
* The next charge cOnstd cred " the i3sr1t77
mort is that OF the esdisbarnlen ~ prison
inert and fine Imposed by Judge sWayne
against p. t. Davis and simeon Helasn.
This case involved litlgatio reEardllns "
certain n tract o { lane + a9 section 9,
by Judge Swayne In he name f1 q !, MS us
wife whileSthe proceedin gs ne re penang
before his court. .# & The two at torEeys
mentioned brought suit against ], Judge
Swayne in! a. county court fof Y he plr'1l s.
posc O f clearing title9tol the land, II llere-
upon Judge sWayne the x report says,
nproceeded TO adilldge ldeng and DAYS. Pa, ~
guilty or the charges which were ~ 0Yllfo, !,
siation of the fdlgnitysand good order OF
tie said court ard a contempt thereof
and a ffer some n busives remarks Sentenced
them to be disbarred for The term Of Two 70
years, to pay a fine of 500 each, 1e 70
undergo an Imprisonment for tho nBperlod
OF tenssdays III the county jail
Gross Abuse Of Power.
The committee passes judgment q on
this transaction ir the following ian
n
giage: ii ,il5 a u ,s /, I, .
i,.Youri committees ARE aof opinion ,t1iltt that
Judge Swayne was guilty of gross abuse
OF judicial power and: misbehay'll!o'r IN
office In this case, II hey be lleve. that he
had no authority or right to ad1udge,
Simeon Beden and n, n. Davis glllty4ot
Il contempt OF court under the circumf
stances OF the case; that the sentence
imposed by Judge swayne wns tunalltllol-
lied and unlawful II can be accounted
for only OH the theory that the 1udg'o,
Imposing It was ignorant or YindiettyeD
SThe case OF W.@H Hoskins the re-
port terms ono OF PECULIAR hardship
sIIoskinn had accumulated property 70 the
value Of $4,000, and owed debts 70 the
extent OF $4,000. The evidence Is full
and convincing, (. the report avs, that
"a lawyer named Boone conspired With
one Calhoun to- put IIosklns IN bank-
ruptcy In order to plunder his estate
Calhoun sent man to seize FIosklns's 's
books at ore Of hls branch stores, Hos
kins being a dealer In turpentlne. ile
found a certain book, which was taken X,
away by a young son of Hoskins, after
he la d stated that It contained nothing
about his fathers business. Contempt
proceedings We're begun fore judge
Iswayne. and the young man g 81 updg dged
guilty, although. the report ga Us. eyl-
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