People ex rel. Nunns
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 21st day of August, 1918, directed to the County Court of Nassau county and Hon. Lewis J. Smith, county judge of Nassau county, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau all and singular their proceedings had in punishing the appellant, Thomas B. Nunns, for a criminal contempt of court.
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 21st day of August, 1918, directed to the County Court of Nassau county and Hon. Lewis J. Smith, county judge of Nassau county, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau all and singular their proceedings had in punishing the appellant, Thomas B. Nunns, for a criminal contempt of court. Also an appeal by Thomas B. Nunns from an order of the County Court of Nassau county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 15th day of August, 1918, adjudging him guilty of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
This is certiorari of proceedings that adjudged the relator guilty of a criminal contempt. The relator also appeals. For *427reasons hereinafter stated, I advise dismissal of the appeal. The contemnor was a petit juror on the trial in the County Court of Nassau county of an indictment against the Schwabs for keeping a “ café ” as a disorderly house and a public nuisance. After the jury had acquitted the defendants, the contempt proceedings were begun by order to show cause based upon affidavits. The relator appeared upon the return day personally and by counsel. The judge who had sat…
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