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SCOTT v. DAVIS

No. 7830.

328 S.W.2d 394 (1959)

William C. SCOTT, Petitioner, v. Lester DAVIS, Sheriff of Howell County, Missouri, Respondent.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

October 21, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Scott, West Plains, pro se.

Richard D. Moore, West Plains, for respondent.

RUARK, Judge.

This is habeas corpus. The petitioner, an attorney, was by the magistrate court of Howell County fined ten dollars for contempt of court and upon refusal to pay such fine was committed to jail. The return to the writ sets out the order of commitment, which is as follows:

"Whereas, Wm. C. Scott, Attorney at law, did, on the 26th day of August, 1959, conduct himself in a disorderly, contemptuous and insolent behavior during a session of Magistrate...

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