In Re Paddock

This proceeding for the disbarment of the respondent, an attorney at law of this Court, was commenced by a presentment filed by the attorney general. After the respondent had filed an answer a commissioner was appointed who heard evidence and has found and reported facts. It appears therefrom that the respondent, who is 44 years old, was born in Bennington where he attended schools through the high school, and graduated from Norwich University in the class of 1921. He studied law in the office of a local attorney and some time after being admitted to the Vermont bar in 1933 he opened his own…