JUDGE WALLACE NOT ALARMED.
Impeachment and Resignation Talk
Doesn't Worry Sunday Closing Judge.
William H. Wallace, judge of the criminal court, shows no signs of being alarmed by the reports of intended impeachment and a request to the governor that he -- Judge Wallace -- be invited to resign.
The governor has no control over a criminal or circuit judge after he once has signed the judge's commission and the judge has been sworn to perform the duties of the office. The governor might request his resignation, but would have no power to enforce it. Judge Wallace may be removed from office only by conviction on impeachment. The impeachment must be made, the law says, by the state legislature. The person impeached must be tried by the state senate and a vote of two-thirds of the senators present is necessary for a conviction.
