State v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari to the Polk District Court. The complainant was fined in the Polk district court for contempt. The only record in the cause is as foEows: “ And now, on this day, this cause came up for hearing, the defendant appearing in person, and the court fined said defendant in the sum of $25 and the costs of the four several cases herein, for contempt.
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Certiorari to the Polk District Court. The complainant was fined in the Polk district court for contempt. The only record in the cause is as foEows: “ And now, on this day, this cause came up for hearing, the defendant appearing in person, and the court fined said defendant in the sum of $25 and the costs of the four several cases herein, for contempt. It is therefore ordered by the court that said defendant be fined in said sum and costs in this cause, and in No. 440£, 441 and 444, criminal on this docket, in all, taxed at $72.30, and that he stand committed to the county jail of this county…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Oh. J.
The record does not show either the facts or the evidence upon which the court acted. Hence, upon the authority of Skiff v. The State of Iowa, 2 Iowa, 550; and State of Iowa v. Utley, 13 id. 593, the judgment must be reversed. It becomes unnecessary that we should examine the other objections made to the proceedings.
Reversed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Skiff v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- State ex rel. Aldrich v. District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907