Bowdon v. Bowdon

The defendant, William Bruce Bowdon, after a full hearing before the Chancellor, was adjudged in contempt of court and maximum punishment of a sentence of $50 and 10 days in jail imposed.

The conviction for criminal contempt arose out of a. divorce suit in which the wife Mary Keener Bowdon was complainant and William Bruce Bowdon was defendant,.

It appears that complainant and defendant as husband and wife resided in Coldwater, Mississippi, for a period of ten years next before filing suit for divorce by complainant, but they had relatives in Memphis, owned property there and frequently visited…