Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
Defendant, a disbarred attorney, was alleged to have misappropriated funds belonging to a former client. In the Judge's charge to the jury on the issue of larceny there was included a discussion of the relationship between attorney and client. The court emphasized an attorney's fiduciary duty in holding any money he collects for his client, and advised the jury that an attorney must segregate his client's funds...
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