Emery v. State

In this case appellant was adjudged guilty of contempt in the superior court for the county of Muskogee. He was sentenced to be confined in the county jail for a period of 24 hours, and to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of the proceeding. He has brought the proceeding to this court for a review upon a petition in error and case-made. The errors assigned question the jurisdiction of the court or the judge thereof to render the judgment appealed from.

The record shows that the court caused an attachment to issue against A. L. Emery to answer for contempt committed by him by writing, and…