Hawkins v. United States

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, Annie Hawkins was adjudged guilty of contempt of court by the District Judge, sitting without a jury, and sentenced to imprisonment for five months. She has appealed to us. The opinion of the District Judge, with findings of fact and conclusions of law, is not yet reported. We think the judgment below must be reversed.

The incidents out of which the contempt proceedings arose were connected with the trial of Fred Simpson, a Negro man, for conspiracy to violate the Internal Revenue Laws…