State v. MacLean

STONE, Justice.

Convicted of forgery in the second degree, defendant appeals from the judgment after the denial of his motion for a new trial.

Defendant is a member of our bar. September 30, 1932, he had as client one Hugh J. McGrath, having been retained by the latter to prosecute a personal injury claim against the Nicollet Hotel Company. Defendant procured a settlement for $650, of which, under written agreement with McGrath, he was entitled to one-third. The money was paid him September 30, 1932. He gave the hotel company a release, apparently signed by McGrath, whose acknowledgment of…