In re Barnes

Citations

• 2 Cal. Unrep. 847
• 16 P. 896
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 962

Syllabus

<p>Attorney—Disbarment for Offering Money for Testimony.—An attorney, believing a certain paper to be a forgery, hired an expert to examine it. The expert expressed his doubt as to the forgery; and the attorney, supposing that the expert believed the paper a forgery, and only expressed doubt to extort money, offered him a large sum of money to testify in regard to the forgery. Held, that such conduct was subject to criticism, but not sufficient ground for disbarment.</p> <p>Attorney—Disbarment—Procuring Person to Steal Papers.—The respondent was charged with procuring one to steal a paper, but the only evidence against him was the testimony of the party who lost the paper that the person who stole it said that respondent had hired him to steal it. Held, that such statement was not evidence, and the respondent could not be disbarred on the charge.</p>