HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6301.

190 F.2d 782 (1951)

HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. C. Crawford and George Pennell, Asheville, N. C., (Robert R. Reynolds, Asheville, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas A. Uzzell, Jr., U. S. Atty., Asheville, N. C., for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, Annie Hawkins was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by the District Judge, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to imprisonment for five months. She has appealed to us. The opinion of the District Judge, with findings of fact and conclusions of law, is not yet reported. We think the judgment below must be reversed.

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