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IN RE EDISON

No. 7227SC520.

190 S.E.2d 235 (1972)

15 N.C. App. 354

In the Matter of The Imprisonment of Eugene EDISON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. Russell G. Walker, Jr., for the State.

Hollowell, Stott & Hollowell, Frank P. Cooke and Steve B. Dolley, Jr. by Grady B. Stott, Gastonia, for petitioner appellant.

BRITT, Judge.

Edison assigns as error (1) the entry by the district court of its order of 17 April 1972 committing Edison to jail for contempt and (2) the failure of Judge Martin to vacate the order and grant Edison's petition for habeas corpus. Our writ of certiorari brings the entire matter before us for review.

The first question for consideration is whether the district court followed the proper procedure in adjudging Edison in contempt. We hold that it...

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