Rose v. Superior Court

I vote to deny the petition, primarily on the reasoning and holding in C. S. Smith Metropolitan Market v. Superior Court, 16 Cal. (2d) 226 [105 Pac. (2d) 587]. In the instant case it appears from the petition before us that after an order to show cause in re contempt had been issued, petitioner appeared in response thereto and offered to present his defense, which right, he claims, was denied him, and that he was thereupon found guilty of contempt. He bases his defense, according to the claims of his petition, upon the irrelevancy and immateriality of the questions propounded to his client…