MISCELLANEOUS Disbarments, suspensions, etc., from practice before Treasury Department of attorneys and agents, and revocation of customhouse brokers' licenses DISBARMENTS The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, ordered the disbarment from further practice before the Treasury Department of the following-named attorneys and agents, as published during the period July 1 to December 31, 1933: Name Address Date of dis- Cause Ainslie, E. G.............. Formerly Hous- June 30, 1933 Charged with embezzling funds of an employer. Bacchus, Robert R. Springfield, Ill.... Mar. 1, 1933 Charged with knowingly preparing false in- 4, 1933 Charged with attempting to extort money Behrendt, Henry A.. Detroit, Mich..... Dec. 5, 1932 Charged with having been disbarred from practice as an attorney in courts of Michigan. Charges found proven. Orange, Calif. June 30, 1933 Charged with theft of funds and conviction for such offense in State court. Charges found proven. Clarke, Forrest S... Modesto, Calif... June 30, 1933 Charged with embezzling funds of a taxpayer, Crane, Richard M... Denver, Colo... June 28, 1933 Davis, James C... Fort Smith, Ark.. June 30, 1933 Ellis, F. L.... Everett, S. H... Gorman, John J... paid to respondent to be delivered to collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted for conspiracy to defraud in State court. Charges found proven. Charged with preparing false income-tax re- Council Bluffs, July 11, 1932 Charged with preparing false articles of co- Formerly Valdos- Charged with having been disbarred by the Herlehy, Catherine Detroit, Mich..... Aug. 2, 1933 Charged with having been disbarred from pracG. tice as an attorney in the Federal court of the eastern district of Michigan. Charges found proven. Charged with having been disbarred by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Charges found proven. Charged with embezzling funds paid to respondent to be delivered to the collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in a State court. Charges found proven. Charged with having been disbarred from practice as an attorney before the courts of Baltimore, Md. Charges found proven. Moore, J. Edward... New Bedford, Sept. 29, 1932 Charged with having unlawfully attempted Mass. 966-33-VOL 64-72 (1137) to extort a large fee from a client by threats of disclosure. Charges found proven. Name Address Date of dis- Cause Moss, Clair D. Pittsburgh, Pa... Dec. 30, 1932 Charged with proposing to Federal prohibition Pickett, Thomas Y.. Dallas, Tex..... Ransom, Don E..... Aug. 3, 1933 Feb. 23, 1933 agents that such agents furnish the respondent confidential information relative to complaints received in the Federal prohibition enforcement office against clients of the respondent for which such clients would pay a reasonable sum of money through the respondent to such agents. Charges found proven. Charged with handling a tax case in which respondent gained knowledge of the facts and issues involved while employed as acting collector of internal revenue, and with retaining funds of the taxpayer after demand made therefor by the taxpayer, said funds having been received in trust and intended for payment to the collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. Formerly Wichi- Sept. 28, 1932 Charged with knowingly preparing a false ta, Kans.; later offer of compromise in a tax matter. Charges Fort Worth, found proven. Tex. Sandler, Alvin M... Formerly Tampa, Siegal, Abner.. Stone, Ralph W. Fla. Dec. 5, 1932 Charged with having been convicted of a criminal offense in United States district court and disbarred as an attorney by such court. Charges found proven. Formerly Wash- June 30, 1933 Charged with having been convicted of crime. Formerly Chicago, Nov. 2, 1932 Charged with giving money to prohibition officers to procure the approval of applications for permits for withdrawal of wine. Charges found proven. Nov. 30, 1932 Charged with conviction in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. June 29, 1932 Feb. 24, 1933 Charged with filing false income-tax returns for himself. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. SUSPENSIONS The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, and upon recommendation of the committee on enrollment and disbarment, approved the suspension from practice before the Treasury Department for the periods stated of the following-named attorneys and agents: RESIGNATION The following-named person tendered his resignation from enrollment to practice before the Treasury Department. By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury his resignation was accepted and his name ordered stricken from the roll of attorneys and agents enrolled to practice before the Treasury Department. He is, therefore, no longer entitled to practice before the Treasury Department: DISBARMENT MODIFIED TO A SUSPENSION The Acting Secretary of the Treasury ordered that the order of disbarment entered against the following-named person on February 11, 1928, be modified as indicated below: Name Address Remarks Wagner, Peter H.... New York, N.Y.. Disbarment modified on July 12, 1933, to a suspension from practice before the Treasury Department from February 11, 1928, to July 15, 1933. SUSPENSION OF CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS' LICENSE The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, ordered the licenses of the following-named customhouse brokers suspended for the period stated: |