Bennett

The petitioner seeks a review of the recommendation of the Board of Governors of The State Bar that in one matter he be publicly reprimanded and in another that he be suspended from the practice of the law in this state for the period of one year.

The petitioner was admitted to the bar in this state in June, 1919, and has engaged in practice in the county of San Diego. In February, 1943, he was charged in three counts with the commission of acts involving moral turpitude (State Bar Act, § 6106) and the violation of the rule prohibiting commingling of clients’ money with personal funds (Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 9). Hearings before the local administrative committee resulted in a recommendation to the Board of Governors that the petitioner be disbarred. On modified findings the Board of Governors originally recommended to this court the disbarment of the petitioner. Thereafter the court on its own motion remanded the proceedings to the Board of Governors for the taking of additional evidence with reference to the matters involved in the first two counts. After further hearings the Board of Governors adopted new findings on all three counts, recommending a public…