Eastern Concrete Steel Co. v. Bricklayers' & Mason Plasterers' International Union, Local No. 45
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William J. Stynes, business agent of the defendant, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 20th day of May, 1921, adjudging the appellant guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to be imprisoned in the Erie county jail for thirty days.
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
The appeal in this proceeding is based on the ground that the decision of the Special Term was against the weight of the evidence and that the punishment imposed was too severe. The learned justice presiding at Special Term refused to determine the question of fact involved upon the affidavits submitted but required that witnesses be brought into court and examined. He had an opportunity, therefore, to observe the witnesses and to pass upon their credibility. The evidence fully justified the finding that the appellant was guilty of criminal contempt. The punishment imposed was…
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