State ex rel. Schoenhausen v. King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The application of relator was presented to one of the justices of this court for examination and the allowance of an alternative writ, and upon examination thereof he found substantially the following facts, and we recapitulate them as follows, viz.:

“ The petitioner, enjoined from conducting a concert saloon in disregard of the laws and ordinances, kept his saloon open for a period and was thereupon proceeded against for contempt for violating the injunction. At one and the same time eight rules were taken to punish him for contempt, each…