In re Gottman

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order of a district judge sitting by assignment in the District Court for the Southern District of New York adjudging the appellant guilty oi a criminal contempt of court. Appellant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and denied bail which was later granted; however, by a circuit judge.

The circumstances leading to the judgment and sentence from which the appeal was taken are as follows : •

A civil case was being tried to a jury in the district court in which the plaintiff, one Schweinert, was seeking to recover from the Insurance Company of North…