The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-04-08
SINISTER lawyers ARE
GIVEN ANOTHER SHOT
Correspondent Asks What Has
Become of Miller's shyst-
er Lawyer Bill.
Wants Others Than Lawyers
Elected to Our State Law
Making Bodies.

Some weeks ago the following bill
was presented to the legislature to be
considered and acted upon, and would
like to ask you If you know what has
become OF 1t:
in the state of Minnesota to disbar any
attorney who may commit any illegal
act by which he may be disbarred by
any other process whatever, and that
any person or persons may apply to any
district court in tn estate Of Minnesota
and prosecute charge against any at
torney, whether said person or persons
be member of the bar or not; also to
provide for the immediate arraignment
of any attorney who shall be disbarred
for committing any felony or misde-
meanor.
Be it enactd hey the legislature Of the
state of Minnesota:
Section l. That any attorney who
shall commit any crime or any mis-
demeanor, or malpractice shall be tried
In any district court in the state of
Minnesota, by any judge thereof, and
If found guilty shall be disbarred from
the practices of law under the laws Of
the state Of Minnesota.
Section 2. Should any attorney prac-
ticing under the laws Of the state of
Minnesota commit a felony, misdemean-
or or malpractice, the person against
whom the said attorney may commit
any such felony. misdemeanor or mall
practice may draw up complaint and
personally or otherwise present the
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of Minnesota, and upon said presenta-
tion the said judge shall cause the coun-
ty attorney Of the county in which said
district judge officiates, to take the
matter up and prosecute the same as
In all other cases provided by law which
the said county attorney acts.
Section 3. Provided the district Judge
to whom the complaint is presented
should deem it necessary for the proper
prosecution of the cause, or for any
other cause should it be deemed advis-
able that the county attorney should
not act as hereinbefore provided in
said district judge shall appoint an as
sistant county attorney to act with said
county attorney on any such case. or
to have the said assistant attorney so
appointed, act alone as deemed advis-
able by said district judge.
Section 1. Provided any attorney
should be found guilty by said district
judge, Of any felony, misdemeanor or
malpractice. the said judge shall dis
bar said attorney from practice of law
in the state of Minnesota, and shall
also instruct the county attorney to
prosecute said attorney for any felony,
misdemeanor or malpractice Of which
he shall hav been proven guilty, in
the same manner as provided by law In
other cases of like nature, and il found
guilty. shall be punished as provided
by this act for said offenses.
Section ;. That in case Of any attor-
ney being found guilty Of any felony,
misdemeanor or malpractice while be-
ing prosecuted for disbarment, said per-
son found guilty shall be Immediately
arraigned at the same term Of court,
to answer in the case of felony, INSIDE
meanor or malpractice as aforesaid.
Section 6. That any attorney who
may have committed felony, INSIDE
meanor or malpractice shall be disbar-
red from the practice Of law under the
laws Of the state of Minnesota, for
term not less than three years or for
the full term of his life.
Section 7. Provided any attorney who
has been disbarred as provided in the
foregoing section, shall be found guilty
Of felony, misdemeanor or malpractice,
he shall be sentenced to a term in the
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or more than ten years, or may be fined
for not less than one thousand dol
lare or more than ten thousand dol
lars, or both.
This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage"
I would like to know ii there is any
reason why such an act should not be
passed and become a law. Our statutes
are very voluminous and leave very lit
tie In a general way, to be covered for
protection against all ordinary crimi-
nails and for the protection of the pub
lie at large, but to my knowledge am
passed to protect the public from the
legal marauder who is apparently in
position to laugh at the efforts Of his
victims who cry for justice. The fore
going act would give the public q
chance to protect themselves from the
legal sharks, but it seems impossible to
pass such an act. Why is this the case2
The business men, laboring mon and
all others outside Of the legal fraternity
are grooming under the burden Of the
atrocities committed upon them by the
so-called lawyers, and there Is no RENE
dy. Neither will there be q remedy SO
long as the so-called lawyer is allowed
to control the legislature. While a
single lawyer is allowed to aid in FORM
Ing our laws and vote upon laws to be
passed, there will be no redress.
Crimes without number have been
committed within the past few years In
every county in our state, and st. Louis
county has had its share, but there IL
no redress. Neither il there any chance
to have any redress until such time as
the voters Of this state take the matter
up and make 1t a question Of politics.
Why not take this matter up and aEi-