Knox v. Harrison

STUART, Justice.

This is the second contempt matter against Charles Knox in which we granted *719certiorari to review the legality of the proceedings in the lower court. See Knox v. Municipal Court of City of Des Moines, No. 22/54564, 185 N.W.2d 705. Knox was “arraigned” before Judge Harrison at about 6:00 p. m. on November 5, 1970 on the contempt citation resulting from the spitting incident in Judge Brooks’ court at about 12:30 p. m. the same day. The court first stated “there will be no disorder”. Mr. King, the assistant county attorney, read the “information” charging Knox with contempt. Knox…