PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. BRODHURST

No. 8721.

148 F.2d 636 (1945)

PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. BRODHURST.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. T. Dudley, of Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for appellant.

Ernest Fleischman, of New York City, amicus curiae.

James A. Bough, of Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for appellee.

Before MARIS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges, and SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, at Christiansted.1 The defendant was adjudged guilty of criminal contempt in a summary proceeding and sentenced to serve ten days in prison. The execution of the sentence was stayed by the District Court pending this appeal. To understand the questions raised by the appeal it will be necessary to detail some of the...

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