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COGSWELL v. COGSWELL

No. 34136.

50 Wn.2d 597 (1957)

313 P.2d 364

FLORINE COGSWELL, Respondent, v. BILLIE M. COGSWELL, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

July 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chavelle & Millard, for appellant.

Olwell & Boyle, amicus curiae.

ROSELLINI, J.

The defendant was found guilty of contempt of court for violating the provisions of a temporary restraining order which prohibited him from molesting his wife and child. On October 27, 1956, three days after the order was served upon him, he entered the home of his wife's mother and stepfather and assaulted both of them, his wife, and his child with a gun.

It is not denied that the contemptuous acts...

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