Attorney and client — disbarment — conviction of felony.
Respondent, an attorney at law, was convicted of forgery, a felony under the Minnesota law.
Held that he be disbarred.
Proceeding for the disbarment of Edwin L. MacLean, an attorney at law. The matter was referred to the Honorable Alfred P. Stolberg, judge of the nineteenth judicial district, to hear the evidence and make findings. Judgment of disbarment ordered.
PER CURIAM.
Proceedings instituted by the state board of law examiners, petitioner, for the discipline of one Edwin L. MacLean, respondent, a Minneapolis attorney.
Respondent in October, 1932, was indicted for forgery, a felony, by a grand jury. He pleaded not guilty, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to confinement in Stillwater. On appeal the conviction was affirmed by this court in State v. MacLean, 192 Minn. 96, 255 N.W. 821. This conviction is urged as a ground for the removal of respondent as an attorney.
1 Mason Minn. St. 1927, § 5697, provides for the removal or suspension of an attorney "upon his being convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude." The crime of forgery is a felony under the laws of Minnesota and clearly within the purview of this section.
We have carefully considered all the circumstances urged by the respondent as extenuating, but in light of the statute quoted above and the undisputed facts, this court has no alternative but to disbar respondent on the ground of conviction for felony. In re Disbarment of Moses, 186 Minn. 357, 243 N.W. 386.
It is unnecessary to consider the other ground urged as a basis for this action.
Respondent must be disbarred.
So ordered.