State v. Winthrop

This is an appeal by Louis Winthrop, a member of the bar of this state, from a judgment of the superior court for King county adjudging him guilty of contempt of that court, and that he be punished therefor by a fine of $25, and be imprisoned in the county jail until the fine is paid. The judgment is rested upon the theory that the conduct of appellant which the judge of the superior court regarded as constituting contempt was, in legal effect, committed in the presence of the court; and hence that appellant was subject to summary discipline and punishment without charge and trial, as…