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House Committee on Judiciary - 12th 1st C.S. (1870)

Committee Members
James Russell Burnett, Chair
James Addison Abney
Francis Gray Franks
Frederick Edward Grothaus
James Emerson Hawkins
William Edgar Hughes
John W. Posey
George H. Slaughter
Harvey W. Young
Charges
• Investigate petitions of erroneous rulings by Judge William H. Russell, Fifteenth Judicial District of the State of Texas.*

Note:
Report signed by Chair J.W. Robertson, J.W. Posey, F.G. Franks, J.C. Jenkins, H.W. Young, and J.E. Hawkins. F.E. Grothaus signed as dissenting from the report's findings. H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 473 (1871)
Rep. Schutze introduced resolution ot impeach Judge Russell. H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 815 (1871) The resolution was adopted on 3/30/1871. H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 827 (1871)

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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