Fulreader v. State

This appeal involves a contempt action wherein the trial judge held the defendant in the court below, a member of the bar, guilty of direct contempt and assessed a fine against him. Parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff contends this appeal should be dismissed. The alleged contempt occurred during the trial of a civil action in the District Court of Cleveland County on October 17, 1963. On the same day the defendant was adjudged guilty of direct contempt. On October 23, 1963 the defendant filed in the trial court written notice of his intention to appeal to…