In Re Hicks

The respondent, H. A. Hicks, stands charged with conduct unbecoming a lawyer, and the Board of Governors recommended his disbarment.

The record in this case discloses that respondent has been married and has six children. That at the time of the acts complained of herein he was divorced. That respondent became intimate with one Minnie Taylor, a dwarf, who was an unmarried female, of some 28 years of age, weighing about 69 pounds, and possessing the intellect of a child. That by reason of respondent’s intimacy with the said Minnie Taylor, she became pregnant.

The question for our determination…