In re Haymond

Application at the instance of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

It is charged that the accused has violated his oath of office and his duty as an attorney, in that he has failed to maintain the respect due to the courts of justice, and has not discharged his duty as an attorney and counselor to the best of his ability.

It is recited that one Albert F. G. YeresenecockockliofE was being tried in Department Twelve of the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco upon a charge of the crime of murder. He w;as being defended by three counsel, one of whom was B. W. McIntosh, Esq., who had been duly admitted to practice law. Several days were occupied in impaneling a jury, durhig which time, though some jurors had been accepted and sworn, the panel was incomplete. “The Daily Examiner” was a newspaper published daily in San Francisco, and was a paper of general circulation in the city and likely to be read by the judge and jury which were engaged in said trial.

During the trial, and while McIntosh was defending the said defendant, he informed respondent that Vereseneeockockhoff had been approached by a representative of the “Examiner” and offered ten thousand dollars…