State v. Zioncheck

Appellant, M. A. Zioncheck, a member of the bar of this court, was, during the course of a trial before the Honorable Robert M. Jones, judge of the superior court for King county, fined twenty-five dollars for contempt of court. From the order adjudging him guilty of contempt, Mr. Zioncheck appeals.

The record before us shows that the appellant was representing Walter Johnson and others, who were jointly accused, in two counts, with the offenses of riot and assault. As one of its witnesses, the state called one Charles Walters, who testified on direct examination that he had been in the employ…