Ex parte Wall

''Chas. W. Jones and Wilkinson Call'', for petitioner.

''Jas. W. Locke'', U.S. Judge, for himself.

BRADLEY, J.

A petition was filed in this case by J. B. Wall for an alternate writ of mandamus to be directed to James W. LOCKE, district judge of the United States for the southern district of Florida, to show cause why a peremptory writ should not issue to compel him to vacate an order made by him as such district judge, prohibiting said Wall from practicing at the bar of said court, and to restore said Wall to the rights, privileges, and immunities of an attorney and proctor thereof. The petition set forth the proceedings complained of, and an order was made by this court requiring the judge to show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The rule to show cause has been answered, and we are now called upon to decide whether the writ ought to be granted.

The proceedings of the court below for disbarring the petitioner were substantially as follows:

On the seventh of March, 1882, during a term of the said court, held at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, the same court exercising both Circuit and District Court jurisdiction, J. W. LOCKE, the judge then holding said court, issued, and caused to be served upon the petitioner, the following order: