Strawder v. State

ALLEN, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant appeals an order adjudging him guilty of contempt of court for attempting to improperly and illegally influence a petit juror in connection with a case then pending before the jury.

At the contempt hearing before the circuit judge, the father of a jury man testified:

“Well, he came a little after 8:00, somewheres between 8:00 and 8:30, and I went to the door and invited him in. So we sat there and talked quite a *328little while and I asked him what he had on his mind. He said, ‘I got a friend, Mr. Lowdermilk, and your son is on the jury and I want you to…