Hobbs' Case
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Complaint, filed by the county solicitor upon the order of- the superior court (Chamberlin, J.), on the question whether Llewellyn F. Hobbs should be allowed to retain the office of attorney. The facts were found by Justices Walker and Bingham. Hobbs was admitted to practice in 1904, on evidence of age, good moral character, and admission and practice in another state, under the provisions of section 8, chapter 213, Public Statutes.
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Complaint, filed by the county solicitor upon the order of- the superior court (Chamberlin, J.), on the question whether Llewellyn F. Hobbs should be allowed to retain the office of attorney. The facts were found by Justices Walker and Bingham. Hobbs was admitted to practice in 1904, on evidence of age, good moral character, and admission and practice in another state, under the provisions of section 8, chapter 213, Public Statutes. He has also held the office of justice of the peace. The following charges made against him were found ^o be true: “ That during the summer and fall of the year…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaslee, J.
The rule laid down in some of the earlier cases in this state was that there must have been intentional wrongdoing to make cause for the disbarment of an attorney. Bryant's Case, 24 N. H. 149; Barker's Case, 49 N. H. 195. The true rule, however, is stated in a later case. “The temptation to which Delano yielded is.one to which he would be constantly exposed in the practice of his profession. The money he misapplied was not the money of a client; but his situation as collector of taxes was, in substance, the situation of an attorney receiving money for a client. And when it appears that he…
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