STATE v. THORNTON

No. 10431.

72 S.E.2d 203 (1952)

STATE ex rel. HOOSIER ENGINEERING CO. v. THORNTON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poffenbarger & Bowles, Martin C. Bowles, Charleston, for plaintiff in error.

Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Howard R. Klostermeyer, Charleston, for defendant in error.


LOVINS, Judge.

Defendant, L. D. Thornton, complains of the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, entered on August 9, 1951, finding defendant guilty of contempt of court, and sentencing him to confinement in the Kanawha County jail for a period of six months and imposing a fine of $500. To this judgment, as later modified by the court on its own motion, this Court granted a writ of error and supersedeas on October 8, 1951.

On August 4, 1951...

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