Barnes

This is a proceeding to review and annul an order of the district court of appeal of the second district, directing that the name of E. M. Barnes be removed from the roll of attorneys, and that his license to practice law in this state be revoked.

Barnes was admitted to practice in this state by an order of the supreme court made in the year 1880. On March 21, 1910, he was convicted in the district court of the United States for the district of Alaska for the crime of mailing an obscene and lascivious letter. In February, 1918, after due notice to him in that behalf, an attorney, acting for the Bar Association of Los Angeles County, appeared in said district court of appeal and moved for an order disbarring Barnes from practice in this state as an attorney, basing the motion upon the ground that Barnes had been convicted, as aforesaid, of said crime, and that a copy of the record of said conviction had been filed with said court. Barnes, although having been served with said notice, failed to appear in opposition to the motion, and thereupon the district court made the order now sought to be annulled, removing him from the roll of attorneys.

The complainant claims that the…