SUMMERS, Justice.
Certiorari was granted on the relation of Hardy M. Parkerson, Esquire, Attorney at Law, to review the proceeding in the Lake Charles City Court wherein the trial judge held him guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to serve twenty-four hours in jail.
The matter arose during the prosecution in the City Court of the case of City of Lake Charles v. Ernest Bell. Relator was representing the defendant Bell who had been convicted...
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