The Congress: Judge English

Last week the Judiciary Committee of the House voted 15 to 6 to recommend the impeachment of U. S. District Judge George W. English.

The Charges. Trouble was stirred up for Judge English by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and the charges were taken up by the House and investigated. He is alleged to have been tyrannical on the bench; unwarrantedly to have disbarred attorneys; to have allowed his appointee, Charles B. Thomas, referee in bankruptcy, to have improper privileges at the bar; to have had the funds controlled...

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