Hawthorne v. State

This was a proceeding for contempt of court instituted an the county court of Buffalo county, resulting in the conviction and sentence of the plaintiff in error. The district court, on a review of the proceedings, affirmed the judgment, and the cause was removed to this court by petition in error.

The affidavit of Warren Pratt, as the basis of the pro*872ceeding, alleges that on the 19th day of November, 1890, in an action pending in the county court of Buffalo county, wherein the Rockford Silver Plate Company was plaintiff and the said James D. Hawthorne was defendant, the said county court…