Harding v. McCullough

We refer to petitioner as plaintiff and to respondent as defendant.

Plaintiff is a practicing attorney of long experience in the city of Clinton. Defendant is judge of the municipal court of that city. The principal facts in connection with plaintiff’s conviction for contempt, upon which he was fined $50, are these:

Plaintiff was attorney for one Jaworski, who was charged with maintaining a nuisance in violation of section 12395, Code, 1939. Preliminary hearing was held before defendant, at the conclusion of which Jaworski was held to answer the charge. Defendant first announced that Jaworski…