Holman v. State

Elliott, J. —

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment declaring the appellant guilty of a contempt. A statement was filed by the judge charging the appellant with a direct contempt, and from that statement we take these material facts: During the trial of a cause before a jury, the appellant, as counsel, propounded a question to a witness; to this question an objection was sustained; after this ruling was announced the appellant arose to his feet and insisted upon making an argument on the question ruled upon; the court requested him to sit down, as an argument was not then in order, but, as…