AUSTIN v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 20456.

397 P.2d 743 (1964)

Esther AUSTIN, Plaintiff in Error, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

December 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Roberts, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Robert S. Wham, City Atty., Thomas A. Gilliam, Robert M. Kelly, Asst. City Attys., Denver, for defendant in error.


FRANTZ, Justice.

Esther Austin was adjudged guilty of contempt of the Superior Court in Denver. A fine of $100.00 (the approximate cost of a trial of the cause in which she was then a defendant) was assessed against her. It is this action of the trial court which is the subject of attack by the present writ of error.

Esther was convicted in the Municipal Court in Denver of violating an ordinance of that city. She appealed the judgment and sentence imposed...

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