| Show r b. PlATZ DISBARRED FROM 1 I COURTS OF UTAH NAME I ERASED FROM FRAM RECORDS r I. I sup Supreme me Justices Affil Affirm l De Deri Decision De- De ri CISlon of Referee Giving t Legal Phase of Matter f It Ills It is therefore order ordered d and adjudged that the respondent Arthur A. A Platz k tc be and he hereby 1 Is Is permanently dla- dla It barred from Crom practicing in the courts ot of j record cord of this tills State tate It is further ordered ordered or or- r J dered that his certificate of or admission y 1 be an and the same hereby J is K revolted revoked grid Arid canceled and the tho clerk of or this court Is directed to erase crase his lis name from the rolof rollof roll rol I r of ot attorneys s 's of oC this court In n this language the court J handed down do an opinion for for- ever iyer barring Arthur A. A Platz from following following fol fol- following lowing the profession slon of an attorney f at t law In the state of ot Utah Platz plats was char charged ed some months ago by the grievance committee of tho the Utah bar with conduct and transactions improper Im Improper Im- Im proper In an attorney attorn C The Tho charges were to time the effect that upon moral rounds grounds he was as an unfit unsafe and Improper person to be bo permitted to be with the powers of oC an attorney ne ney ncy at law la Specific charges of at alleged dishonesty dishonest were made and numerous instances cited where It was alleged cd the attorney had defrauded his clients and others b by dishonest transactions The case was referred to a referee for taking of testimony and the evidence evi l deuce dence a. a against Platz covered cred some somo JalcS j pages ages of or legal cap paper Tho The referee recommended to the court that Platz Plat bo be disbarred holding that Platz had been cen pro cn proven unfit In that he had vio vio- violated violated 1 bated his oath and his duties as an at attorney attorney at- at torney and was mota morally unfit to be a a. member of the bar bal of ot the court of Utah l Platz filed an am answer amer er to the thc findings findings' s' s of fact and conclusions of law aw of the I referee In which he contended that he had done nothing worse than other attorneys attorneys at at- tornes torne's still practicing at the bar are arc doln doing and seeking to excuse himself on this ground In reference to this the court says s n Nor or is respondents respondent's relevant ant that there are some others practicing at this bar whose conduct Is sible Ve We e can n anI only pass upon such cases when the they are brought to our Attention N In the tho proper manner Whenever er it Is Js made to appear in this court as has been done In this case a that an attorney at law who ho I Is an officer of this court Is lacking In honesty hon- hon sty esty Integrity and fidelity to such an ant t extent th t ho he should no longer receive the confidence of ot tho the court and the i public his name will be stricken en f promptly from tram the rol roll In answer to the respondents respondent's ent's argument argument argument ment before foro the court that to suspend him would 1 bo be sufficient punishment the court says This contention entirely ignores the thereal thereal I real purpose of disbarment proceedings s. s In such proceedings where the specifications specifications I as in this case directly charge I r tho attorn attorney t l with acts and conduct which clearly are to 40 tho the effect that he doc doca not possess the necessary attributes attributes attributes of honesty Integrity and ond fidelity to entitle him to to continuo continue to practice his profession the purr purpose o e of disbarring him from following t the he vocation of an aft attorney at law is not to punish him but it is to protect protect tho the public nubile from t prejudice by removing remo grossly grossl Improper I persons IH persons r from participation In the au- au ministration of or lawIn law courts have o no no norl In such cases the courts rl right ht out of mere sympathy to shut I their eyes egos to gross moral delinquencies and merely suspend the offender for tor a short time after atter which he may again practice Ids his natural propensities its upon an Innocent confiding public In relation to tho the showing made malo b bl Platy Plat that some somo of the acts char charged cd against him wore were of date before he be bo became became be- be came n a practicing attorney before the tho Utah bar the court holds that t It tt IsI Is proper to consider them as throwing I lI light ht upon the character of ot the man The referee refused to pass upon these acts In his report and the sups tie court holds that ho he erred in not doing g so |
