Butterfield v. State

Defendant was proceeded against for a constructive criminal contempt. The trial court found him guilty and assessed a fine of $300 and costs. Defendant seeks a review in this court by petition in error.

Defendant is a practicing lawyer at Neligh, Nebraska. He is charged by the first count of the information with removing a page of an amended petition which he had filed in the office of the clerk of the district court and substituting another without leave of court, which substituted page contained statements materially different from the original in that the words “the southwest quarter of the…