Ex Parte Nichols
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Wagoner County; , Rt P. de Graffenreid, Judge. Bob Wagner, Sheriff of Wagoner County, Oklahoma, was found guilty of direct contempt of court by willfully disobeying the court’s order to produce the body of one M. Nichols before the court, in compliance with a writ of habeas corpus obtained by Nichols, and sentenced to pay a fine of $150, and he appeals.
1Per curiam
Bob Wagner, sheriff of Wagoner county, Okla., was fined $150 for direct contempt of the' district court of Wagoner county, consisting in his willful disobedience of an order of said court to produce the body of one M. Nichols before said court on a certain date, in compliance with a writ of habeas corpus issued by the clerk of said court, by direction of the judge of said court given over the telephone, but after said judge had been informed of the nature of the application and the contents thereof, by hearing the petition read to him over the telephone, and thereby determining that said writ…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Blanton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
- Blanchard v. BryanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
- Wofford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926