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HIGGINBOTHAM v. COMMONWEALTH

142 S.E.2d 746 (1965)

206 Va. 291

S. Page HIGGINBOTHAM v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 14, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Rosenberger, Jr., Lynchburg (Vance M. Fry, Orange, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

W. P. Bagwell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

The defendant, S. Page Higginbotham, a member of the bar of this Commonwealth, is here on an appeal from a judgment wherein he was summarily held in contempt of court and fined $250 for his conduct in exhibiting evidence to a jury while arguing a case, in violation of a ruling of the court below.

The events and proceedings which resulted in the entry of the judgment complained of are as follows: On Saturday, October 26, 1963, in the Circuit...

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