Brizendine v. State

Beard, .J.

The plaintiff in error was a witness in his own behalf in a case prosecuted against him for a violation of a criminal statute. While undergoing a cross-examination by an attorney rep*678resenting the State, in answering a proper question put to . him, he was guilty of a flagrant contempt committed in the presence of the Court. Eor this contempt he was fined $25 and sentenced to ten days’ imprisonment. Subsequently, for reasons satisfactory to the Circuit Judge, he was relieved of the imprisonment, but the fine was permitted to stand. From the judgment of the Court inflicting this fine…