In Re Graves
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Appellant was charged in the superior court by the Los Angeles Bar Association with violations of subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 282, and subdivision 5 of section 287, of the Code of Civil Procedure, which provide as follows:
The specific grounds of these charges were that appellant caused to be printed and distributed through the mails among citizens of Los Angeles County circulars attacking the official and personal acts and conduct of Charles Monroe, a judge of the superior court of said county, certain portions of which circulars were selected and quoted in the accusation. The case was predicated principally upon the quoted excerpts, and those only are here reproduced, to the exclusion of remaining portions of a similar import, all of which constituted a somewhat lengthy article:
The parties stipulated that said Charles Monroe at the times mentioned in the circulars, and at the time of the trial, was a judge of the superior court of the state of California, in and for the county of Los Angeles; and that M. 0. Graves, at all of said times was a member of the bar, duly admitted and licensed to practice in all courts of the state.