Locrasto v. State Ex Rel. Bozarth

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Porter Circuit Court, in which the appellant, Joe Loerasto, was adjudged guilty of indirect contempt of court, fined $100, and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

It appears that the appellant and others were charged by affidavit in the Porter Circuit Court with the offense of operating a house of ill fame; and, on January 22, 1926, the State of Indiana, on the relation of William W. Bozarth, prosecuting attorney in and for the 67th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, presented to the court a verified motion for an order restraining the defendants from removing any…