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PRESTA v. OWSLEY

No. 23430.

345 S.W.2d 649 (1961)

In the Matter of Chester PRESTA, Petitioner, v. Arvid OWSLEY, Sheriff of Jackson County, Missouri, Respondent.

Kansas City Court of Appeals. Missouri.

April 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Broaddus, Kansas City, for petitioner.

William Collet, Pros. Atty., Carrol C. Kennett, Asst. Pros. Atty., Kansas City, for respondent.

HUNTER, Presiding Judge.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding petitioner, Chester Presta, prays discharge from imprisonment in the county jail ordered by the Honorable Richard C. Jensen, Judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, after adjudging the petitioner to be in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions propounded by a Jackson County Grand Jury before which he had...

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