In Re Holland

Albert W. Holland was admitted to practice in all of the courts of California by an order made by this court on the eighth day of November, 1926. The present proceeding is one to revoke and cancel his license to practice law on the ground that the order was procured by fraud and the concealment of facts establishing a bad moral character. Jurisdiction over the person of the respondent has been acquired by the publication of the citation for the period of thirty days, for the reason that it appeared by affidavit that he could not after due diligence be found within the state. Ample authority for this procedure is found in the inherent power of the court over its officers, coupled with section 187 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The time fixed is that established for the publication of citations in disbarment proceedings. The verified petition of the State Bar discloses that respondent sought admission to the bar of California on August 29, 1925, upon the representations that he was admitted to practice before the highest court in the Philippine Islands; that he had never been charged before any court with crime amounting either to a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;…