STATE EX REL. GEARY v. KELLY

No. 62-58.

137 So.2d 262 (1962)

STATE of Florida ex rel. William A. GEARY, Relator, v. Thomas J. KELLY, Director of Public Safety Metropolitan Sheriff, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

February 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest E. Gotthardt and Angelo A. Ali, Miami, for relator.

Richard E. Gerstein, State Atty., and Roy S. Wood, Asst. State Atty., Miami, for respondent.

Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C.J., and HORTON and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Realtor was charged with a criminal contempt committed outside of the presence of the court in that he discussed a cause in which he was a juror during the time that the court was in recess and against the admonition of the trial court. Upon reconvening the court the relator was informed of the charge and stood mute, neither admitting nor denying the charge. Thereupon the court, construing the contempt as having been in its presence, sentenced relator...

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