Burtch v. Zeuch

The action giving rise to the proceedings in certiorari in this case is predicated on Section 12541, Code of 1924. The material part thereof reads:

“The following acts or omissions are contempts, and are punishable as such by any of the courts of this state, * * * as hereinafter provided: * * * 3. Illegal resistance to any order or process made or issued by it. ’ ’

The petitioner herein, as defendant in the court below, was accused, on information, of contempt of court, in that he unlawfully, willfully, and illegally resisted an order or process issued by the municipal court of Des Moines, to…