Shifflett v. State

In this case, involving the refusal of a witness called by the State to testify at the trial of an indictee charged with having solicited him to commit mayhem and murder, the question on appeal is whether or not Edward Everett Shifflett was in contempt of court when he refused to testify against the indictee.

According to the indictments, the person alleged to have been solicited is the appellant, the person alleged to have done the soliciting is John Bernard Kellar and the person named as the intended victim was Carvel Kenneth Hatfield. The cases were removed from the Criminal Court of…