State v. the American-News Co.

The defendant the American-News Company, engaged in the publication of three daily newspapers in the city of Aberdeen, S'. D., James A. Mathews, president of the company, and Howard Anderson, editor, were adjudged guilty of contempt by the circuit court in and for Brown county. The proceeding is based .on an affidavit of three members of the bar engaged in the practice at Aberdeen, alleging, in substance, that the defendants willfully and maliciously, with the intent and purpose of embarrassing, Obstructing, and intimidating the court and the officers thereof in the due administration of…