Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harris v. Porter

Opinion op the Court by.

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

This is the second appeal of this case; the first one appearing in 242 Ky. 561, 46 S. W. (2d) 1096, 1098, the opinion in which sets out the facts up to that time and our conclusions of law arising therefrom. The appellee and respondent below, James A. Porter, was a practicing attorney in Ashland, Ky., and in December, 1928, he was indicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, in which he was charged with a felony created by an act of Congress. He pleaded guilty, which was followed by a judgment of conviction,…