The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-20
WAS ABOUT TO ASK
ADMISSION To BAR
Had Written a Letter to Stewart
Stevens, President of the Local
Bar Association, Announcing That
Intention.

Selling cocaine was the charge
docketed against S. E. Garner, known
as "Sy Garner" in the police court
this morning.
The arrest was made last night By
Officers Binns and Rainer in a drug
store ON Mobile street, where, it is
said, Garner is employed, and the
police believe they have a good case
against him.
Garner, it is said, is a graduate Of
law school at Nashville, and a few
days ago he addressed a letter 80
President Stewart Stevens of the Hat
tiesburg Bar association of his inten
ton to apply for admission to practice
law in the courts of this judicial dis
trict and in Hattiesburg.
Saturday afternoon the bar associa-
ton met to set cases to come up for
hearing at the April term of the cir
cult court. President Stevens pre-
scented the letter to the association.
After consideration, the association
requested President Stevens to reply
to Gamers letter and to inform him
that the association unanimously OBJ
jected to his admission to the prac
tice of law at Hattiesburg.
One of the many qualifications I'M
der the state laws necessary for an ap-
plicant to possess before he is grant
ed a license to practice law in this
state is that he shall be of good
moral character"
In considering Gamers letter to the
local bar association, it was learned
that an indictment was returned
against "Sy Garner" by the grand
Jury of the November, 1908, term of
the circuit court of Forrest county.
In the indictment returned by the
grand jury in November, 1908, against
F. o. Franklin, charged with embeZ'
element, Sy Garner is charged with
obstructing justice, in that he a.
tempted to persuade one Emma Hol-
ston from appearing as witness
against F. o. Franklin before Justice
of the Jeace ]. w. Bolton. The charge
against Garner is set out as follows:
"Sy Garner, well knowing the prem
ises, contriving and attempting to I'M
pede and obstruct the due course or
Justice therein, unlawfully and cor
ruptly did attempt to entice solicit
and persuade and hire the said EN-
ma Holston to leave the state OF Mis-
sissippi and return to her former
home in the state of Alabama, and to
absent herself from said court, and
not to appear before the same, and
give evidence of what she knew con-
corning the said complaint and accu-
sation against the said F. o. Frank
lin."
The bar association had this evil
dence before it when it took action
on Gamers letter.
Gamers Letter.
Gamers letter to President Stew
ems is interesting in more ways than
one, and it is given in full as follows:
"Hattiesburg, Miss, April ~, 1909
"Mr. Stewart Stevens:
Dear Sir-I have been informed
that there is an association here
known as the Hattiesburg Bar associ-
alton, of which you are president. In
view of that fact, l deem it proper to
communicate with the said association
through you.
"The object of this communication
is to obtain the will of this bar as to
my practicing at it. / have no license
and have not presented myself for
any | thought it best to get the will |
If the bar before attempting the ex-
animation. | don't wish to try to prac-
ice If | am not wanted, but since
his is my home and | have bought
here | would like very much
D remain.
In considering this letter. l wish
ach member of this bar to know, that
lould there be no objection offered
my membership here, that I shall
It, at any time, so conduct myself In