In Re Morganstern

On the first count, the third count, and the fourth count of an accusation against him, A. J. Morgan-stern was found guilty of violation of his duty as an attorney and counselor at law and of moral turpitude, dishonesty, and corruption, following which, by a judgment of the court, his permanent disbarment was ordered.

On the first count of the accusation it appears that appellant, acting as an attorney, was representing one Lewis H. Gilman, who was charged with murder; that under an agreement with Agnes Gilman, the wife of > said defendant, appellant received from her seven railroad bonds which were to be hypothecated as security for a loan of $5,000 to be used by appellant for the purpose of paying all legal and other expenses in connection with the case against Lewis H. Gilman; that appellant procured the loan, but later sold the said railroad bonds for $5,690, with the understanding, as between him and Mrs. Gilman, that the difference between the loan and the amount received on the sale of the bonds, to wit, the sum of $690, was to be deposited in a bank to the credit of Agnes Gilman; that appellant neither deposited the $690 to Mrs. Gilman’s credit nor paid to her any part…