Attorney at.Law—Disbarment—Smuggling of Opium into United States—Aqt Involving Moral Turpitude.—Under subdivision 1 of section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure, providing for the disbarment of an attorney at law upon his conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, an attorney convicted of the crime of conspiring to smuggle opium into the United States in violation of the act of Congress of January 17, 1914, is subject to disbarment.

Id.—Disbarment for Felony Involving Moral Turpitude—Notice of Proceeding not Bequired.—In a proceeding for the disbarment of ■an attorney at law under subdivision 1 of section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure, no notice is required to be given to the attorney, since it is provided by such section that the record of conviction shall be conclusive of his conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

Id.—Conviction in Federal Court—Disbarment.—Under subdivision 1 of section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an attorney at law may be disbarred for an offense against the federal laws for which he was convicted in the federal courts, notwithstanding the provision of section 288 of such code, which requires the clerk of the court in which the conviction was had to transmit the record to the supreme court, since said subdivision 1 makes records of conviction conclusive evidence regardless of their place of origin.

Id.—Bbinstatement to Practice — Premature Application.—An attorney convicted of conspiracy to smuggle opium into the United States in violation of federal law is not entitled to reinstatement for good moral character within a little over three years after the commission of the crime, two and one-half years after sentence, one year after his conviction became final, seven months after his disbarment, six months after he began his imprisonment', and three months after he concluded it.

Id.—Purpose of Disbarment.—Disbarment of an attorney for an offense involving moral turpitude is not punitive in character, but protective of the public and the legal profession.