Lawyers who strive to break down the courts should be disbarred, says Wheeler in appeal for justice
The San Francisco Bulletin publishes a statement from attorney Charles Stetson Wheeler, in which Wheeler criticizes defense attorneys who try to win cases on technicalities and set “traps” for lawyers and judges to get higher courts to offer their clients new trials. These attorneys try to prolong trials, slow down the courts, and are thus obstructing justice. In particular, the attorneys for the “graft trials” in San Francisco are doing this, and turning public opinion against those who are trying to hold their clients accountable. Wheeler asserts that such attorneys should be punished.
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1908-11-15