Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-26 | Page 4 | Referee Recommends Attorney Platz be Barred from Practice

REFEREE RECOMMENDS MM ATTORNEY PlATZ BE BARRED FRO FROM 1 PRACTICE Commissioner Baldwin Submits Sub Sub- mits Findings Holding Barrister Barrister Barrister Bar Bar- rister Guilty Conduct of or Arthur A. A Platz flat attorney has be beer been on in the extreme and he ha has haJ exhibited a deplorable tack lack or of s sense and professional Integrity Integ InteS- rity and should be he debarred d from practice practice tice in the tho courts of at Utah according to tho the report o of Referee Charles Charlei Baldwin which was waz filed with tho court Th Tho recommendation of or the th referee Is that the attorney be he disbarred Arleu- Arleu Arguments ments will bo heard on the findings of facts and conclusions of or law at the February term of ot court and the tho court i will then act upon the report of ot tho I ref referee reforce ree I Charges were filed tiled against Platz b by tho grievance committee ee of ot the bar hu- huas association as as- some somo months ago aso and tho supreme su suo promo preme court delegated Commissioner Baldwin to take evidence and malo mako a report to tho court In his findings of or facts and conclusions conclusions conclusions of or law the commissioner finds that Platz Plat has hns been guilty of ot holding out monc money of or clients and appropriating In lug ing It to his own use Numerous charges of or this title wore coro preferred n against tho attorney and according to the referee tho the evidence e shows that he has been guilty of or this conduct Tho 1110 particular instance in which Platz latz I is found oun guilty of ot holding out money on a n. t chien-t is IR in the caso case of or Frank 1 T Bear Bean who had a no claim against an Insurance company It I is claimed that Platz held out 75 G 6 aud and refused to deliver it to his client