Per Curiam:
The petition filed herein alleges that the plaintiff, a news reporter, was, in violation of the first amendment to the United States constitution, found guilty of direct criminal contempt of court for his refusal to give answers to questions propounded to him as a witness in a criminal proceeding in the district court of Shawnee county, Kansas, which answers would have revealed privileged information and further that he was illegally confined and...
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