In Re Ellis

The board of managers of the Chicago Bar Association and its committee on grievances, acting under rule 59 as commissioners of this court, heard a complaint of unprofessional conduct lodged against John W. Ellis, a member of the Illinois bar since 1894. Its report recommended his disbarment, and respondent has filed exceptions thereto.

The charges against Ellis are an outgrowth of his testimony June 1, 1937, in the case of United States v. William H. Malone, in the United States district court. As a witness for the government in its prosecution of Malone for income tax evasion, respondent…