In Re Riccardi

Heretofore the petitioner filed in this court his application to be restored to the rolls as an attorney and counselor. Later he filed an amended petition and an amendment to that petition. In his petition the petitioner alleged:

The petitioner also alleged that on May, 1919, he was in-dieted for embezzling one thousand dollars, the property of a client; that he was convicted on that charge; that he appealed and December 16, 1920, the judgment was affirmed (People v. Riccardi, 50 Cal. App. 427 [ 195 Pac. 448 ]); and that a hearing was denied by the supreme court February 14, 1921. He also alleged facts to the effect that he was wholly innocent of the crime charged ,and that on December 23, 1922, the then Governor of this state issued to him a complete pardon.

“ . . . That on March 7th, 1921, in the Supreme Court of the State, In re Riccardi (this petitioner), Criminal No. 2302, an Order was entered in the minutes of the said Supreme Court, reading as follows: ‘ The above entitled matter coming on pursuant to the order to show cause heretofore made on February 15th, 1921, and, it appearing that the accused stands finally convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, as stated…