Nelson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 75. — PROCEEDINGS FOR'THE DISBARMENT OF M. C. NELSON AN ATTORNEY. — Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. J. P. Gordon, Circuit Judge. Prom a judgment of disbarment defendant appeals The law evidently relied upon by the court in the disbarment proceedings is found in section 97 of the Kentucky Statutes, and is as follows: “No person convicted of treason or felony shall be. permitted to practice in any court as counsel or 'attorney at law.”
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CASE 75. — PROCEEDINGS FOR'THE DISBARMENT OF M. C. NELSON AN ATTORNEY. — Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. J. P. Gordon, Circuit Judge. Prom a judgment of disbarment defendant appeals The law evidently relied upon by the court in the disbarment proceedings is found in section 97 of the Kentucky Statutes, and is as follows: “No person convicted of treason or felony shall be. permitted to practice in any court as counsel or 'attorney at law.” We take it that the conviction in this case was the-basis-of the disbarment proceedings, and that the efficacy of the pardon removed the same, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Wm. Rogebs Clay, Coinmissioner
Affirming.
By a judgment of the Livingston circuit court entered on December 16, 1907, the appellant, M. C. Nelson, was disbarred from the practice of the law in all the courts of this Commonwealth. From that judgment, he prosecutes this appeal.
It .appears from the record that appellant at the April term, 1907, of the Livingston circuit court, was indicted for the crime of forgery. At the December term of said court the case was called for trial. Appellant waived formal arraignment, and entered a plea of guilty. A jury was impaneled, and…
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