Case Name: In the Matter of Victor E. Innes, an Attorney
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-01
Citations: 176 A.D. 902
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Victor E. Innes, an Attorney.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 176
Pages: 902–903

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Victor E. Innes, an Attorney.
Disbarment.
Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The respondent was admitted to the bar in July, 1903. At the May term, 1916, of the Fulton Superior Court, State of Georgia, respondent was convicted of the crime of larceny after a trust, which crime is a felony, and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the Georgia penitentiary. Section 477 of the Judiciary Law provides: "Any person being an attorney and eounsellor-at-law, who shall be convicted of a felony, shall, upon such conviction, cease to be an attorney and eoun sellor-at-Iaw, or to be competent to practice law as such." Respondent is, therefore, disbarred. Present—Clarke, P. J., Laughlin, Scott, Dowling and Smith, JJ. Respondent disbarred. Order to be settled on notice.
Consol. Laws, chap. 30 [Laws of 1909, chap. 35], § 477.—[Rep.