People ex rel. Roache v. Hanbury
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Harry A. Hanbury, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of December, 1913, adjudging him guilty of contempt of court and punishing him therefor.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
Harry A. Hanbury has been adjudged guilty of criminal contempt of court in refusing to answer certain questions addressed to him while being examined as a witness in proceedings supplementary to execution, instituted by J. Benedict Roache, as assignee of the executors of Russell Sage, deceased, judgment creditor, against Patrick H. Flynn, judgment debtor. Appealing from such order, he contends, first, that there was no ruling or direction given that he should answer such questions; second, that the questions so addressed to him were “improper, illegal and impertinent;” third, that…
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