Dale v. State

The appeals in these two cases are brought to reverse judgments of the Delaware Circuit Court by which appellant was fined $500, and imprisonment for ninety days ordered, in each of the two cases upon the charges of contempt of court. In the case No. 24,319, contempt was charged because of the publication of an alleged defamatory article by the appelant in a newspaper of general circulation which was edited, owned, and managed by him, and will be designated hereafter as the first case. Appeal No. 24,310, hereinafter known as the second case, arose out of and is based upon the answer filed by…