In re Wharton

This appellant, an attorney at law, was charged by accusation before the superior court of the county of Sacramento with violating his obligations as an attorney, and after issue joined, upon a hearing, he was found guilty of the charges filed against him, and his license as a practicing attorney revoked. An appeal to this court being accorded by section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the matter is now here for consideration.

The main charges against Wharton, as indicated by the accusation, may be briefly and substantially stated as follows :

The trial court found both of these charges made out by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; and that, these acts of the accused are amply sufficient to demand his discontinuance of the practice of the law there is no doubt.

The accused has brought the evidence of the trial here in bulk, and, after a careful perusal of it, we are entirely satisfied that the findings of the court are fully supported therein. The general reputation of the accused, and also that of the principal witness against him, were largely involved in the investigation. Again* the evidence upon various branches of the case was contradictory, and for this reason,…