OF

LEVI HUBBELL,

JUDGE OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

BY THE

SENATE OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,

JUNE 1853.

REPORTED BY T. C. LELAND.

BERIAH BROWN, PUBLISHER

MADISON:

ARGUS & DEMOCRAT STEAM PRESS.

1853.

TRIAL OF IMPEACHMENT.

PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS.

On the 26th day of January, 1853, the following communication, addressed to the Speaker, was read in Assembly:

TO HON. HENRY L. PALMER,

Speaker of the Assembly:

The undersigned, a citizen and elector of this State, hereby charges the Hon. LEVI HUBBELL, Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of this State, with having committed, and being guilty of, high crimes, and misdemeanors, and malfeasances in office, and has so acted in his judicial capacity as to require the interposition of the Constitutional power of the Assembly. I therefore request you to lay this communication before your Honorable Body, so that an investigation may be had, to enable the Assembly to determine whether or not the constitutional power of the Assembly ought to be exercised in regard to the Hon. LEVI HUBBELL.

WM. K. WILSON.

After some discussion, it was referred to a select committee-Messrs. SIMPSON, SANDERS, CATE, SHOLES and E. N. FOSTER.

January 27-The Committee was, at the request of the chairman, authorized to send for persons and papers.

February 23-Mr. SIMPSON, chairman, reported from the Committee at length, with charges and specifications against Judge HUBBELL, and recommending his removal from office "by address" of both Houses, as provided in the Constitution. The report was ordered printed.