Aarons v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe circuit court of Amite county. HoN. E. E. BrowN, Judge. M. V. Aarons, was adjudged guilty of contempt of court and fined from which be appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
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Appeal from tbe circuit court of Amite county. HoN. E. E. BrowN, Judge. M. V. Aarons, was adjudged guilty of contempt of court and fined from which be appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. There is no statute on tbe books declaring tbe dodging or evading of process a violation of tbe law or making same punishable in any manner through or by a criminal proceeding, and while there was at common law such a thing as contempt, and punishment prescribed therefor, yet at the common law, so far as the writers of this brief have been able to learn, the acts charged against…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.-
Appellant, upon an information filed by the district attorney, was adjudged in contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars.
The facts are: At the October term of the court below one Marvin McDaniels was indicted for murder. He was arrested while the court was in session, and two or three days thereafter had a subpoena issued for appellant as a witness in his behalf. This subpoena was returned “Not found,” and thereupon other subpoenas were issued, directed to the sheriffs of Amite, Franklin, and Lincoln counties, all of…
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