Songer v. State

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

On June 12, 1962, petitioner was judged in contempt of court and fined for disobeying an order of the court pertaining to the custody of Chris Songer, a nine year old son of the petitioner. He now brings before us, by .certiorari, the record of the contempt proceedings, seeking to have the order of contempt quashed.

Since many relevant facts and circumstances are set out in Songer v. Songer, 229 Ark. 228, 314 S. W. 2d 233 (opinion June 16, 1958) we deem it sufficient for this opinion to set out below a brief summary of the testimony contained in the record which…