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1 Case of Judge Thruston 1837

handle is hein.trials/abka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 2M.t9 CoNboaess, Rep W* A*. g o.- or Rw. CASE OF JUDGE THRUSTON., MACI- 34 1S37. Laid apon the table, pnd prinied by order of the House. Mr, THoMAsifrom ,11 w tAthitte 'on th'e Judiciary, to whitci lad 4,0 rqfpered ,e, -p itiop 'yf f jlia, L. Breq and Richard , oe-pre- Yeii~~*Atjt14at 'm4~out inst'B Eu k Ar of associate juges t c it urt of the7 i 4;xbW6i4to itod Hotwe'thefolkiovng teslimiy taken a t e JAw 4UAY $0, 18W7. SIR:, We respectfully Ask permission, tli.ugh you, t,,lay the enclosed meniizi.b 'ore the Hous' se-ese tatin'eS; , dth~it, *ch. ojer, ina* be salen ujhWit a hot',th4,oshalseem proper. WM. AL -BRENT' RChE . SCOR Ho1. JASEA K.:IPOLK, ,Spctaer'of the tioise 6f epresentatives. To ii, rhonoable the lmuse of Representatives of the United .i8tW: The memoriil of the undersigned REaPECTF.AAY ,RPR,8ENT8: -hat the charactor, c6ndqct, and deportment of the Hono BitneIrUS ton, oneof the judges, qf 4.e circuit court of the District of Columbtia~ such as to demand a thorough investigatiort by your honorable body ;,:0a the application .of, *t4o apptopriate remedy for. the intolerble: elils :under -which the comrouity atelarge, his brethreo on the bench, andth ,iewboxr& of the bai, have long continued to labor. To enter- into ., arftiulhr eI1 of the various insotzceso, oif I i a conduct on the part of Judge Thruston. .yould require almost, ,itmal:f the proceedings of the court during sveial ydais, for, few, days, wi h 1e is present in the court, pass withoutsome grosviblaton of filcil duty,; some undignified exhibition of his Violent temper towards ,his bret wN or towhids the bar; some irregular, interference in the'piroceedings of the court., Or some; palpable dispay'of his unfitness for his elevated station. The public, the bar, and the .court have submittei to the ins0oeuce,4e indecorous language, and the undignified'deportment of lud Thrqsioii, without before invoking the interfergdce of your honorable ba fwu sin6ere feeling of respect towards his tlmlyand connexiona4ea ol 4niposition .to appear in the light ofjpro,ecators. Eve'r iendl Ji .,n: resorted to.in oder to oure thetevils, udir,. ,hIh. tu . Uair &Rives, priners.

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