State Ex Rel. Dysart v. Cameron

— Respondent, police judge of Centralia, a city of the second class, during the trial of a case proceeding before him, summarily fined relator $25 for an alleged contempt of court committed in the presence of the court, and caused relator to be committed. Relator is an attorney at law. Without appealing the order of contempt, he sued ont a writ of prohibition to the superior court of the county, in which he alleged that respondent summarily fined him without cause, without an opportunity to be heard, and that he, as police judge, had no jurisdiction or authority to punish for contempt. He…