Oster v. State Bar

THE COURT.

This is a petition to review and annul the recommendation of the Board of Governors of The State Bar that the petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months. Petitioner was charged by a notice to show cause, issued on December 6, 1933, with the commission, in the course of his relations as an attorney, of acts involving moral turpitude within the meaning of subdivision 5 of section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The specific charge against petitioner was that out of the sum of $500 entrusted to him for the express purpose of paying the premium on a…