Tupy v. State

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

On August 26, 1961, a petition in the matter of the Contempt of J. L. Tupy was filed in the Newton County Circuit Court by the prosecuting attorney. On August 28, 1961, Judge Woody Murray, the Circuit Judge of Newton County, issued a citation to the appellant, J. L. Tupy, to show cause why he should not be found in contemnt of that court for statements published by him in a pamphlet entitled “Inside Information About Wrong Doings of Election Commissioners and County Judge of Newton County, Arkansas.” A hearing was held on the citation September 5, 1961, with the…