State v. Treon

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment and sentence for summary contempt. The appellant, hereinafter called the defendant, was found guilty of summary contempt by a Judge of the Municipal Court of Cleveland. The court imposed sentence which was suspended. The defendant prosecutes his appeal and sets forth eight assignments of error. *231Prom the bill of exceptions, we find the facts to be substantially as follows.

It came to the attention of a newspaper reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, other than the defendant, that someone might be influencing the handling or outcome of…