A Bad Example for Young Lawyers.

New York, 1895

Lawyer George Wallace is not a good model for young men of the legal profession to follow. As counsel to the board of Supervisors, and therefore acting for all the people of the county, Mr. Wallace has been guilty of deception and falsehood, and is therefore not a fit person to be trusted with the care of public business. Young men who are beginning a professional career at the bar should foreswear themselves never to be guilty of falsehood or deceit toward their clients, the courts, or the public, but always to conduct themselves so as to enforce and enjoy the confidence and esteem of everybody.

If George Wallace had deceived a judge on the bench, and lied to him, as he did to the board of Supervisors, he could be punished for it by imprisonment for a contempt, or by dismissal from the bar. But he can only be held amenable for the wrong be was guilty of toward the Supervisors by the members of that body, and they have shown no disposition to call him to account. We have said before that summary dismissal from his position as counsel to the board would be proper, and we repeat it, for the offence of which he is guilty must destroy the bond of confidence which ought to exist between counsel and client.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 21, 1895, p. 4.