HOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 20694.

326 F.2d 33 (1964)

James Weldon HOOD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Cockrell, Jr., Nick C. Nichols, Levert J. Able, Houston, Tex., for appellant James Weldon Hood.

Scott T. Cook, James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Attys., Woodrow Seals, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, BREITENSTEIN, and BELL, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a bankrupt, appeals from a judgment finding and holding him in criminal contempt of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The contempt allegedly consisted of the violation of an order of that court, entered under date of October 26, 1962 requiring him to turn over a check made payable to him by the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York to the Trustee in Bankruptcy...

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