People v. Ryan

ROETH, JUSTICE.

This appeal is prosecuted by Willis Ryan, an attorney, from a judgment of the County Court of Douglas County which found him guilty of contempt and fined him $100 for his refusal to comply with an order of the court directing him, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum, to produce a certain document which he had in his possession. Certain factual matters concerning this document are important and appear in the record before us without contradiction.

On February 18, 1961, one, Della Emberton was involved in an automobile collision of the automobile she was driving and a semitrailer…