Dawkins v. State

SPECTOR, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order adjudging the appellants to be in contempt of court for engaging in conduct imminently tending to interfere with the fair and orderly administration of justice. Subsequent to the entry of the Circuit Judge’s order, judgment, and sentence, appellants’ motion for bail pending appeal was denied and this Court refused to disturb the Trial Judge’s denial of bail by our opinion reported at 205 So.2d 691.

The overt acts upon which the Trial Judge based his contempt order were the physical distribution by the appellants of a crudely mimeographed circular…