National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Pye

This is an application for rule nisi brought by the respondents in a contempt proceeding to compel the trial judge to certify the bill of exceptions presented by them to him in appealing from a judgment finding them guilty of contempt. The petition, in proper form, prays for this court to issue a rule nisi requiring the trial judge to show cause why he should not sign the bill of exceptions. The cause of the petitioners is predicated on the right of an appellant to- compel the trial judge to certify, without qualification, a true bill of exceptions. The specific contention is that the trial…