Ex parte Shepherd
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Hon. C. W. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of contempt; penalty, a fine of $100 and three days confinement in the county jail.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
— At the August term of the Harris County Criminal Court applicant was tried, charged with being in contempt of that court, and upon a hearing of the matter the Hon. C. W. Robinson entered up an order holding’that “the court is of the opinion that the defendant should be held in contempt of this court for unduly attempting to influence a juror in the manner and by the means alleged, who had been duly summoned, sworn and impaneled as a juror for the week, in a manner that would hinder the due administration of justice, and the administration of the .laws of this State, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
- People v. McGarryMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- State v. LehmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Diggs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
- Murphy v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
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