Legal Opinion
Holt v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 15, 1964No. Record 5630, 5631PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
These cases are before the court upon separate writs of error awarded appellants Holt and Dawley to judgments entered against them in the Circuit Court of Hopewell on the 30th day of January, 1962, wherein they were summarily held to be in contempt of court and fined $50.00 each.
The following material facts are disclosed:
On January 30, 1962, the Circuit Court of the City of Hopewell had before it a contempt citation against Dawley, which grew out of Dawley’s conduct in the trial of a law suit then pending, styled Hopewell News v. Curtis Harris, et al. Dawley was represented in this contempt…
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