MISCELLANEOUS Disbarments, suspensions, etc., from practice before Treasury Department of attorneys and agents, and revocation of customhouse brokers' licenses DISBARMENTS The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, ordered the disbarment from further practice before the Treasury Department of the following-named attorneys and agents, as published during the period July 1 to December 31, 1933: Formerly Houston, Tex.; now Pontiac, Mich. Bacchus, Robert R.. Springfield, Ill.... Mar. 1, 1933 Barnett, Lewis... New York, N.Y.. Jan. Beal, Henry W. Boston, Mass. Sept. 29, 1932 4, 1933 Behrendt, Henry A.. Detroit, Mich..... Dec. 5, 1932 Clark, Paul E............... Charged with knowingly preparing false in- Charged with attempting to extort money Charged with having been disbarred from Orange, Calif...] June 30, 1933 Charged with theft of funds and conviction for such offense in State court. Charges found proven. Clarke, Forrest S... Modesto, Calif... June 30, 1933 Charged with embezzling funds of a taxpayer, paid to respondent to be delivered to collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Crane, Richard M... Denver, Colo..... June 28, 1933 Charged with having been convicted for con Davis, James C... Fort Smith, Ark.. June 30, 1933 Ellis, F. L.............. spiracy to defraud in State court. Charges found proven. Charged with preparing false income-tax re- Council Bluffs, July 11, 1932 Charged with preparing false articles of co- Formerly Valdos Everett, S. H.. ta, Ga.; later Herleby, Catherine Oct. 27, 1932 Feb. 23, 1933 partnership showing 5 partners when there were but 2 and preparing false returns for such taxpayers. Charges found proven. Charged with defrauding numerous persons by issuing worthless checks and drafts. Charges found proven. Charged with having been disbarred by the Detroit, Mich..... Aug. 2, 1933 Charged with having been disbarred from prac Hindenlang, Theo- Newark, N.J..... June 30, 1933 dore G. James, David H............... Keller, Al S. tice as an attorney in the Federal court of the eastern district of Michigan. Charges found proven. Charged with having been disbarred by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Charges found proven. Indianapolis, Ind. June 30, 1933 Charged with embezzling funds paid to re Los Angeles, Calif. Feb. 2, 1933 spondent to be delivered to the collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in a State court. Charges found proven. Charged with having been disbarred from practice as an attorney before the courts of Baltimore, Md. Charges found proven. Charged with having unlawfully attempted to extort a large fee from a client by threats of disclosure. Charges found proven. Name Address Date of dis- Cause Moss, Clair D.. Pittsburgh, Pa... Dec. 30, 1932 Charged with proposing to Federal prohibition Neely, Robert E. Chicago, Ill............... Aug. 3, 1933 agents that such agents furnish the respondent confidential information relative to complaints received in the Federal prohibition enforcement office against clients of the respondent for which such clients would pay a reasonable sum of money through the respondent to such agents. Charges found proven. Charged with handling a tax case in which respondent gained knowledge of the facts and issues involved while employed as acting collector of internal revenue, and with retaining funds of the taxpayer after demand made therefor by the taxpayer, said funds having been received in trust and intended for payment to the collector of internal revenue. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. Sept. 28, 1932 Charged with knowingly preparing a false offer of compromise in a tax matter. Charges found proven. Pickett, Thomas Y.. Dallas, Tex.. Feb. 23, 1933 Ransom, Don E..... Formerly Wichi- Sandler, Alvin M... Siegal, Abner..... Stone, Ralph W... Formerly Tampa, Dec. 5, 1932 Charged with having been convicted of a Formerly Wash- June 30, 1933 Charged with having been convicted of crime. Formerly Chicago, Nov. 2, 1932 Charged with giving money to prohibition Van Riper, Harold.. Formerly New Nov. 30, 1932 Charged with conviction in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. June 29, 1932 Feb. 24, 1933 Charged with filing false income-tax returns for himself. Charges found proven. Charged with having been convicted and sentenced in a criminal case in the United States district court. Charges found proven. SUSPENSIONS The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, and upon recommendation of the committee on enrollment and disbarment, approved the suspension from practice before the Treasury Department for the periods stated of the following-named attorneys and agents: RESIGNATION The following-named person tendered his resignation from enrollment to practice before the Treasury Department. By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury his resignation was accepted and his name ordered stricken from the roll of attorneys and agents enrolled to practice before the Treasury Department. He is, therefore, no longer entitled to practice before the Treasury Department: DISBARMENT MODIFIED TO A SUSPENSION The Acting Secretary of the Treasury ordered that the order of disbarment entered against the following-named person on February 11, 1928, be modified as indicated below: Name Address Remarks Wagner, Peter H.... New York, N.Y.. Disbarment modified on July 12, 1933, to a suspension from practice before the Treasury Department from February 11, 1928, to July 15, 1933. SUSPENSION OF CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS' LICENSE The Secretary of the Treasury, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, ordered the licenses of the following-named customhouse brokers suspended for the period stated: |