Estes v. State

At and during the regular July, 1941, term of the circuit court of Winston County, a verified information in contempt was filed therein against appellant; the information, formal parts omitted, reading as follows:

■ “Now comes J. P. Coleman, District Attorney in and for the Fifth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi, and respectfully informs the Court of the following facts, to-wit:

“That heretofore, on or about July 21, 1941, while this Honorable Court was regularly in session, one L. A. Warner was on trial before a jury, charged with the offense of assault and battery with…