Thiede v. State

HOBSON, Judge.

The appellants have appealed from a judgment of contempt entered by the Circuit Court for Hernando County imposing against each of them a sentence of five years confinement in the State Prison at Raiford.

The undisputed facts as disclosed by the record-on-appeal are as follows: The appellants were confined in the Hernando County Jail awaiting trial on certain criminal offenses. On the day their cases were set for trial the State’s Attorney in open court informed the judge that the ap*491pellants refused to leave their jail cell and come to court for trial. This first refusal was…