Schaefer

This proceeding was instituted to review an order of the board of governors of The State Bar, *368 adopting findings of Los Angeles County Local Administrative Committee Number Six, but increasing its recommendation for punishment from a reprimand to suspension from the practice of the law in this state for a period of six months.

Petitioner’s first point is that the two complaints herein filed were insufficient to confer jurisdiction because certain 'material allegations thereof were based upon information and belief. We find, however, that the pleadings, properly, verified, were in due form, with but one allegation, or paragraph thereof based upon information and belief, relating to alleged representations made by petitioner to a third person, whereas other positive allegations charged petitioner with the appropriation to his own use of moneys belonging to others. Besides, in the recent ease of In re Herron v. The State Bar, ante, p. 196 [ 298 Pac. 474 ], it has been definitely held that the procedure under the State Bar Act does not require a verified complaint as a prerequisite to jurisdiction in disciplinary hearings. We shall, therefore, pass to a brief recital of the facts…