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In re Innes

176 A.D. 902 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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In the Matter of Victor E. Innes, an Attorney.

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Disbarment.
Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

The respondent was admitted to the bar in July, 1903. At the May term, 1916, of the Fulton Superior Court, State of Georgia, respondent was convicted of the crime of larceny after a trust, which crime is a felony, and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in the Georgia penitentiary. Section 477 of the Judiciary Law[1] provides: “Any person being an attorney and eounsellor-at-law, who shall be convicted of a felony, shall, upon such conviction, cease to be an attorney and eoun

5 Consol. Laws, chap. 30 [Laws of 1909, chap. 35], § 477.—[Rep.

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sellor-at-Iaw, or to be competent to practice law as such.” Respondent is, therefore, disbarred. Present—Clarke, P. J., Laughlin, Scott, Dowling and Smith, JJ. Respondent disbarred. Order to be settled on notice.

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