State v. McAllister

SADLER, Justice.

The respondent, McAllister, was convicted of contempt and appeals. The information upon which he was tried accused him of personally contacting a juror named Ledbetter, knowing that the said Ledbetter had been selected to sit as a juror in the trial of a certain case, and of attempting to talk with him regarding the facts of said case “with the willful intent and design of obstructing the due administration of justice”. One Spillers was jointly accused with respondent of the same offense but was acquitted.

At the time of the events hereinafter related the respondent,…