Federal Judge English Resigns and Impeachment Will Likely Be Dropped
George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) - George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned today, six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors
Immediately afterwards, members of the house appointed to prosecute the case agreed to recommend tha the impeachment proceedings agains, him be dropped. They will appear before the senate, called to meet as a court next Wednesday, and ask that nothing be done ntil their recommendation can be placed before the full membership of the house in December. At that time steps to bring to an official end the long drawn out battle are expected to be taken.
Judge English's resignation was handed in at the White House by Edward D. Kramer, of East St. Louis, one of his counsel, and was accepted immediately. The text was not made public here, but as given out in St. Louis it said the jurist had become convinced that, notwithstanding the issues, his usefulness on the bench had been impaired by the proceedings instituted against him.
While precendents were plentiful for an impeachment proceeding, regardless of the resignation, nearly all authorities agreed that the next step would be for the senate to meet as called, receive a message outlining the duties before it, and then to accept the house prosecutor's recommendation, and adjourn.
The resignation of Judge English was delivered in the presence of Attorney General Sargent and two of the house prosecutors, Represen tatives Michener. republican, Michigan, and Sumners, democrat, Texas. The jurist set forth that while "conscious of the fact that I have discharged my duties as district judge to the best of my ability, and while I am satisfied that I have the confidence of the lawabiding people of the district, yet, I have come to the conclusion on account of the impeachment proceedings instituted against me, regardless of the final result thereof, that my usefulness as a judge has been seriously impaired.'
He added that he felt it to be a (Continued on Page Eight)
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Federal Judge English Resigns and Impeachment Will Likely Be Dropped
George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) - George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned today, six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors
Immediately afterwards, members of the house appointed to prosecute the case agreed to recommend tha the impeachment proceedings agains, him be dropped. They will appear before the senate, called to meet as a court next Wednesday, and ask that nothing be done ntil their recommendation can be placed before the full membership of the house in December. At that time steps to bring to an official end the long drawn out battle are expected to be taken.
Judge English's resignation was handed in at the White House by Edward D. Kramer, of East St. Louis, one of his counsel, and was accepted immediately. The text was not made public here, but as given out in St. Louis it said the jurist had become convinced that, notwithstanding the issues, his usefulness on the bench had been impaired by the proceedings instituted against him.
While precendents were plentiful for an impeachment proceeding, regardless of the resignation, nearly all authorities agreed that the next step would be for the senate to meet as called, receive a message outlining the duties before it, and then to accept the house prosecutor's recommendation, and adjourn.
The resignation of Judge English was delivered in the presence of Attorney General Sargent and two of the house prosecutors, Represen tatives Michener. republican, Michigan, and Sumners, democrat, Texas. The jurist set forth that while "conscious of the fact that I have discharged my duties as district judge to the best of my ability, and while I am satisfied that I have the confidence of the lawabiding people of the district, yet, I have come to the conclusion on account of the impeachment proceedings instituted against me, regardless of the final result thereof, that my usefulness as a judge has been seriously impaired.'
He added that he felt it to be a (Continued on Page Eight)
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Federal Judge English Resigns and Impeachment Will Likely Be Dropped
George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) - George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned today, six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors
Immediately afterwards, members of the house appointed to prosecute the case agreed to recommend tha the impeachment proceedings agains, him be dropped. They will appear before the senate, called to meet as a court next Wednesday, and ask that nothing be done ntil their recommendation can be placed before the full membership of the house in December. At that time steps to bring to an official end the long drawn out battle are expected to be taken.
Judge English's resignation was handed in at the White House by Edward D. Kramer, of East St. Louis, one of his counsel, and was accepted immediately. The text was not made public here, but as given out in St. Louis it said the jurist had become convinced that, notwithstanding the issues, his usefulness on the bench had been impaired by the proceedings instituted against him.
While precendents were plentiful for an impeachment proceeding, regardless of the resignation, nearly all authorities agreed that the next step would be for the senate to meet as called, receive a message outlining the duties before it, and then to accept the house prosecutor's recommendation, and adjourn.
The resignation of Judge English was delivered in the presence of Attorney General Sargent and two of the house prosecutors, Represen tatives Michener. republican, Michigan, and Sumners, democrat, Texas. The jurist set forth that while "conscious of the fact that I have discharged my duties as district judge to the best of my ability, and while I am satisfied that I have the confidence of the lawabiding people of the district, yet, I have come to the conclusion on account of the impeachment proceedings instituted against me, regardless of the final result thereof, that my usefulness as a judge has been seriously impaired.'
He added that he felt it to be a (Continued on Page Eight)
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Federal Judge English Resigns and Impeachment Will Likely Be Dropped
George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) - George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned today, six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors
Immediately afterwards, members of the house appointed to prosecute the case agreed to recommend tha the impeachment proceedings agains, him be dropped. They will appear before the senate, called to meet as a court next Wednesday, and ask that nothing be done ntil their recommendation can be placed before the full membership of the house in December. At that time steps to bring to an official end the long drawn out battle are expected to be taken.
Judge English's resignation was handed in at the White House by Edward D. Kramer, of East St. Louis, one of his counsel, and was accepted immediately. The text was not made public here, but as given out in St. Louis it said the jurist had become convinced that, notwithstanding the issues, his usefulness on the bench had been impaired by the proceedings instituted against him.
While precendents were plentiful for an impeachment proceeding, regardless of the resignation, nearly all authorities agreed that the next step would be for the senate to meet as called, receive a message outlining the duties before it, and then to accept the house prosecutor's recommendation, and adjourn.
The resignation of Judge English was delivered in the presence of Attorney General Sargent and two of the house prosecutors, Represen tatives Michener. republican, Michigan, and Sumners, democrat, Texas. The jurist set forth that while "conscious of the fact that I have discharged my duties as district judge to the best of my ability, and while I am satisfied that I have the confidence of the lawabiding people of the district, yet, I have come to the conclusion on account of the impeachment proceedings instituted against me, regardless of the final result thereof, that my usefulness as a judge has been seriously impaired.'
He added that he felt it to be a (Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 5, 1926, page 1.
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Federal Judge English Resigns and Impeachment Will Likely Be Dropped
George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) - George W. English, federal judge for the eastern district of Illinois, resigned today, six days before he was to have appeared before the senate for trial on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors
Immediately afterwards, members of the house appointed to prosecute the case agreed to recommend tha the impeachment proceedings agains, him be dropped. They will appear before the senate, called to meet as a court next Wednesday, and ask that nothing be done ntil their recommendation can be placed before the full membership of the house in December. At that time steps to bring to an official end the long drawn out battle are expected to be taken.
Judge English's resignation was handed in at the White House by Edward D. Kramer, of East St. Louis, one of his counsel, and was accepted immediately. The text was not made public here, but as given out in St. Louis it said the jurist had become convinced that, notwithstanding the issues, his usefulness on the bench had been impaired by the proceedings instituted against him.
While precendents were plentiful for an impeachment proceeding, regardless of the resignation, nearly all authorities agreed that the next step would be for the senate to meet as called, receive a message outlining the duties before it, and then to accept the house prosecutor's recommendation, and adjourn.
The resignation of Judge English was delivered in the presence of Attorney General Sargent and two of the house prosecutors, Represen tatives Michener. republican, Michigan, and Sumners, democrat, Texas. The jurist set forth that while "conscious of the fact that I have discharged my duties as district judge to the best of my ability, and while I am satisfied that I have the confidence of the lawabiding people of the district, yet, I have come to the conclusion on account of the impeachment proceedings instituted against me, regardless of the final result thereof, that my usefulness as a judge has been seriously impaired.'
He added that he felt it to be a (Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 5, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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