In Re Disbarment of Julius E. Diesen

Indicted in the federal court, respondent, Julius E. Diesen, an attorney duly admitted to practice law in this state, pleaded guilty to having wilfully and fraudulently attempted to defeat and evade the income tax imposed by the United States by deducting as expenses from his income $4,500 when no part of said sum had been paid. As a result of such conviction the board of law examiners instituted this proceeding to disbar respondent.

G.S. 1923, § 5697, provides that this court may remove or suspend an attorney, "(A) Upon his being convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral…