In Re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of Durham

This is a disciplinary proceeding involving a member of the bar. The complaint charges principally that, for more than one month, commencing about February 13, 1951, respondent gave active assistance to a certain female person in the opening and operation of a house of prostitution near the city limits of Seattle, in King county; that, acting for its operator, he arranged for its rental and loaned to her one half of the first month’s rent; that he received a share of the earnings of common prostitutes employed in that house; that he agreed to protect the operation from law enforcement action;…