Bramer v. Wallace

By the Court :

This is a proceeding to punish the defendant for an alleged Contempt in refusing to obey a summons issued out of this Court to attend and testify before a Committee appointed by the Mayor pursuant to a resolution of the Common Council of the City of Cohoes to investigate certain charges made in the Evening Dispatch, a newspaper published in said City, concerning a certain contract entered into by the Board of Fire Commissioners for the purchase of apparatus and equipment, said City *317having appropriated $20,000.00 for the purpose, and said newspaper charging favoritism,…