The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-11
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ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGED
WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Liquor Lawyers Declare That lie
shouad be Carried Before judge
Pritchard and Sent to jail for His
Severe Criticism of Action of Fed.
eral Judge.
Ashsvi'le, N. c.. March s.-The at
!, tack made on Judge Pritchard BY At.
torney General Lyon at Augusta, Ca,
Inst night and published by the mora,-
ing papers. wherein the attorney gen
eral severely critixed the action Of
/ the Judge In appointing permanent
receivers for the South Carolina dis
peDsary fund. created profound sen
saticn IN this city, the judges home.
itsh seated toniSht that Representa-
dyes Of the suitors will call tho at
tenaioa of the court to M. Lyons at
tae't, and will ask Judge Pritcaard to
eatAch him. the attorney general, for
contamgt OF court. On the sround that
whale rsdections on the JUDGES per-
scn*i character are not contempt, the
ADVICE Of Attorney General Lyon to
the cousnission 10 disregard the or
dcns of4the Ssderai court directing the
deiiveTancc OF the dispensary fund
Of ssos,ooo to the rece,vers does in
itself constitute contempt, II, that It
tends 80 actuHliy interfere with the
administration Af athe court and 70
nuiiifySsu powers
Judte Pritchard. who left this az.
ternoons for Richmond. with a stop-
over At Washington. declined to make
any state ment before leaving, seyins
that It WIS not his practice 70 discuss
cases In his court.
Two local lawyers who represent
distillins companies in the NUTS
against the South Carolina dlspen-
aary- cosnmissaon issued a statement
TO the preA9. wherein they handled
ATTORNEY General Lyon without
Stoves resentins what they termed "a
great tnjustics done to Judge
Pritchasd." They also declare that
Mr.. L1en's statements are wide OF
TIE Arrth.' - w E
al,e srssent status, Of the di.pen.
sasS u A. fo,!ovs: 5
whens the dispenssry commission
created W the South Carolina lcgis-
lature tc wind up the affairs of the
dispensary failed TO agree with cred
itors who sold liquor, to the 3isren
sary. as to amounts due. George d.
Lester Of New York attorney for
Flcischmann company. came to Ashe.
Vile a month ago filed with Judge
Pritchard OF the United States court
bill in equity. asking rcceivership
for the fund OF 100000 left by the
disrensary.. and few days later,
Frank Carter OF ; NAsheville. and T.
Moultrie Merdecai Of Charleston f,led
bill for the Wilson Distill!ng com.
pany and others. on which Judge
Prltchard issued a temporary restrain
ing order. forbidding the commission
from disrosing Of the fund or turning
It into the State treasury.
Three weeks ago both cases were
argued. :he Judge then declining re.
ceivers ana taking under advisement
the question Of jurisdiction OF the
court raised by the commission
through Attorney General Lyon and
counsel for the commission on the
ground that the suit was against the
State itself.
On his return from Richmond,
Judge Pritchard, one week ago, an
nounced he would take jurisdiction
and hearing on application for recciv-
ership by the Wilson company was
set for Saturday last. On Friday
counsel for the Wilson company and
for Flcischmann company presented
the afadavit of George +. Lester
that the governor Of South Carolina
urged the legislature to take action
to defaa: the Jurisdiction of the court
and that the legislature would inter.
fere with the courts powers. where
upon d w. Rountree OF Atlanta,
COINS u for the commission, being
here, was notified other counsel not
having arrived for the next days
hearing. The court named all the
members Of the commission as tenn
porary receivers, and yesterday fSat-
urday)' Judge Piitchard announced
the appointme mt rs permanent re-