STATE v. ALEXANDER


257 A.2d 778 (1969)

STATE of Maine v. Grover G. ALEXANDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Benoit, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Grover G. Alexander, Gray, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, MARDEN, DUFRESNE and WEATHERBEE, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Justice.

On July 7, 1967 Grover G. Alexander, an attorney-at-law, was summarily adjudged guilty of criminal contempt for disrespectful, defiant and insolent conduct in the course of a civil trial in which he represented the plaintiff. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for the term of 5 days and ordered to pay a fine of $500. Surrendering himself to the Sheriff, Alexander at the same time filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus before...

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