WHITAKER v. BLACKBURN


74 So.2d 794 (1954)

Pat WHITAKER, Petitioner, v. Ed BLACKBURN, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

September 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Whitaker, Tampa, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul B. Johnson, County Sol., Hillsborough County, and William Earle Tucker, Asst. County Sol., Hillsborough County, Tampa, for respondent.


SEBRING, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding to test the legality of a contempt order entered under the following circumstances:

One Diamante Urga was informed against in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County, Florida, for a violation of the criminal laws of Florida. One of defense counsel, in preparing for the trial, interviewed the prosecuting witness in the presence of a privately employed stenographer who transcribed, in...

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