In Re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of Comyns

The state board of bar examiners recommend the disbarment of respondent under the following provision of the law:

“An attorney or counselor may be disbarred or suspended for any of the following causes arising after his admission to practice: 1. His conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence . . .” Rem. Comp. Stat., §139-14 [P. C. §166],

The sole ground relied upon for the disbarment is a certified transcript of the record in the district court of the United States for the western district of Washington…