In Re Disbarment of Edwin L. MacLean

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…