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Show , BURTON'S FATE UP TO COURT DISBARMENT PROCEEDINGS ARGUED AR-GUED AND SUBMITTED BY OPPOSNG COUNSEL. Disbarment proceedings against District Judge Thomas H. Burton of the Fifth judicial district, which includes in-cludes Millard County, rested with the supreme court late Monday, when that body took the matter un-.der un-.der advisement after listening to lengthy arguments (by prosecution and defense. Not a syllable of evidence had been presented which would warrant war-rant disbarment, said Attorney Thomas Marioneaux, who, with G. A. Marr, represented Judge Burton. Bur-ton. In the course of his argument in defense, Judge Marioneaux drew a sharp rejoinder from Justice J. E. Frick -when the advocate called the courts attention and asked It to give due consideration to the fact that the "friends of the court" called upon to prosecute the action against Judge Burton were all professional prosecutors. He named them over and enumerated their various connections con-nections at different times with the office of prosecutor, and he remarked remar-ked that they had "that peculiar psychology iwhlch would look upon an indictment as cogent evidences of guilt.." Judge Frick interrupted to advise' counsel that he did not take kindly to the criticism, and explained that in naming prosecution counsel, the court had been guided, not by the fact thhat they were prosecutors, but from the circumstance of lack of funds which necessitated them securing such help of public officers as was available. Judge Marioneaux insisted that he had intended no criticism of the court or its motives, but had merely 'remarked that the circumstance was unfortunate for the defendant. He re-iterated this position and again asked the court to take the fact into consideration. W. W. Ray, P. T. Farnsworth, B. A. Rogers and Attorney Harvey H. Cluff, in making their final arguments argu-ments for the prosecution claimed that the evidence addOced against Judge Burton warrants his disbarment disbar-ment and that the correctness of this conclusion is supported by his own testimony before the court. O Do your Christmas shopping early. Shop at Home |