Petition granted; order and mandate annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and fine ordered remitted.
The mandate of commitment merely states that the petitioner, an attorney, during the course of a trial, "did continually interrupt, criticize and make statements to the Presiding Justice despite repeated orders and warnings to desist from doing so". This statement was not sufficient to satisfy the statutory requirements (see Judiciary Law, § 752...
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