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HOLT v. COMMONWEALTH

136 S.E.2d 809 (1964)

205 Va. 332

L. W. HOLT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. E. A. DAWLEY, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Y. Klein, Detroit, Mich, (Albert Best, Benjamin Friedman, John Jackson, Jr., Harold L. White, Detroit, Mich, on brief), for plaintiffs in error, L. W. Holt and E. A. Dawley.

Francis C. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen, on brief), for defendant in error for the Commonwealth.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J, and. SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

These cases are before the court upon separate writs of error awarded appellants Holt and Dawley to judgments entered against them in the Circuit Court of Hopewell on the 30th day of January, 1962, wherein they were summarily held to be in contempt of court and fined $50.00 each.

The following material facts are disclosed:

On January 30, 1962, the Circuit Court of the City of Hopewell had before it a contempt citation against Dawley...

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