Ex Parte Hennies

On 23 April 1947, Honorable G. C. Boner, as Judge of the Jefferson County Court of Misdemeanors, fined the petitioner in this cause Fifty Dollars and sentenced him forthwith to jail for contempt.

This action on the part of the court occurred at the close of a preliminary hearing in connection with a charge of burglary against Sally Rand, the petitioner having signed the affidavit on which the warrant of arrest was issued. Miss Rand was discharged at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, and Judge Boner thereupon asked petitioner if he had signed the affidavit and being told by petitioner…