Durham v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lamar county. Hon. William H. Cook, Judge. Durham, appellant, was convicted of being in contempt of court and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated ^in the opinion of the court. In Fdanu'ell v. State, 78 Tenn. 544, it was held that “An inquiry of a grand juror as to what had taken place in relation to a certain "ease was not contempt.”
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From the circuit court of Lamar county. Hon. William H. Cook, Judge. Durham, appellant, was convicted of being in contempt of court and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated ^in the opinion of the court. In Fdanu'ell v. State, 78 Tenn. 544, it was held that “An inquiry of a grand juror as to what had taken place in relation to a certain "ease was not contempt.” In McDonnell v. State, 46 Ind. 298, it was held that until a party has been subpoenaed to attend before the grand jury, or a subpcena had been issued for him, it is not contempt of court for a person to induce such person…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, C.
At the January term, 1910, of the circuit court of Lamar county, the appellant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to' pay a fine of $100 and ninety days’ imprisonment in the county jail for a contempt of court, from which judgment and sentence he prosecutes this appeal.
This ease was based on an information filed in said court by the district attorney, alleging, among other things, that appellant approached Hope Rogers, who had been before the grand jury as a witness, and attempted to bribe and induce Rogers to dis*552close to Trim the secrets of the grand jury proceedings, by trying to…
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