Adams v. State of Georgia

This case involves a contempt proceeding by the Solicitor-General of Coffee Superior Court against Hatch Adams (whom we shall call the defendant). The petition alleged the following: “1. Petitioner brings this petition asking that the defendant, Hatch Adams, be adjudged in contempt of Court as the said Hatch Adams, defendant, uttered to the said J. R. Walker, Solicitor-General of the Waycross Judicial Circuit, the following phrase: ‘You are a g-d- lying s. o. b.’ Said phrase then and there being uttered to the said J. R. Walker serving in his official capacity while he, the said J. R. Walker,…