Show CONCLUSIONS IN MAIN CORRECT 0 ATTORNEY J. J M. M FOOTER THUS COMMENTS ON OUR ARTICLE OF LAST WEEK ENTITLED TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED IS IS CURIOUS TO KNOW FROM W WHAT AT SORT OF LAW BOOK JUDGE BURTON G GOT HIS AUT AUTHORITY 00 Editor Record I note by the last issue of your paper paper paper pa pa- per an article to the effect that District District District Dis Dis- Attorney Wm B B. Higgins and the undersigned J. J M. M Foster were suspended from practicing in the District Court of this district by Judge Burton also a statement to the effect that this was the result of some vicious attacks made by us upon th the official acts and character of the said judge also that a committee of three members of the bar association association association tion was appointed to investigate our actions and that the indications are that the men accused will be disbarred from further practice Inthe in inthe inthe I the State of Utah I Your account of the affair is in the main correct but your your conclusions to the effect that the indications are that the men accused will be e disbarred are to say the least very premature and published I am at a loss to know h how w any person person person per per- son can reach a conclusion in such a matter at this stage of the proceed proceed- ings Of course if Judge Burtons Burton's statement to the effect that he has beery Slandered is conclusive proof of Contempt on our part then your conclusions are correct However I have been unable to find anything in the law which suggests that anything anything any any- thing we are accused of even suggests suggests sug sug- Contempt And further before before be be- fore words spoken are slanderous my conception of the law is that they mastbe false r As As' yet yet- ti j-b j tare ha a failed to discover any proof to the effect that anything we said was false I I F have been very curious to know just what sort of a law book Judge Burton got his authority from to tellus tell tellus tellus us that we cant can't practice in his court The books which I read readout readout out ut of are evidently old editions and not the revised and purified I notice by the Tuesday morning Tribune a rather interesting little news item entitled Higgins given mandate writ Judge Burtons Burton's suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension order up for review Dec 15 The item goes on to state that Judge Burton is ordered to show cause before the Supreme Court why his order of suspension should not be I rescinded and in the meantime Higgins Higgins Hig Hig- gins is to have the right to continue his practice in the District Court I haven't seen the writ but I suppose that Judge Burton is restrained from with Higgins in his practice I haven't as yet taken my case to the the Supreme Court thinking that one of the cases would be sufficient to test the matter out and that if Judge Burton discovered that he acted I without authority then he would on his own volition rescind his order concerning con con- I me This remains to be seen j 1 I I take it that you as editor of th the Record will give this article the same prominence in your our paper as you ou gave your our previous article J. J M. M FOSTER I 1111 |