Murphy v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari from Webster District Court. An original proceeding initiated in this court to review an order or judgment of the district court of Webster county, Hon. R. M. Wright presiding, by which complainant was found guilty of contempt of court. The facts, so far as they are essential to a disposition of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Per curiam
The complainant was a member of the panel of trial jurors in the district court of Webster county for the January, 1914, term thereof, and as such was selected and served as a juror in the trial of a certain criminal case, entitled the State of Iowa v. John Cunningham, in which the defendant was charged with having committed an assault with intent to murder. After the jury had been impaneled, and pending the trial of the said cause, the county attorney made formal complaint and application to the court, alleging that before Murphy was accepted and sworn as a juror he was duly examined as to…
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