Watson v. Dampier

• Decision Date: 18 November 1918
• Docket Number: (No. 907.)
• Citation: 97 S.E. 519,148 Ga. 588
• Parties: WATSON, Sheriff. v. DAMPIER.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

148 Ga. 588

97 S.E. 519

WATSON, Sheriff.

v.DAMPIER.

(No. 907.)

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Nov. 18, 1918.

(Syllabus by the Court.)

declined to read them, thus necessitating a postponement of the trial, and the only excuse rendered by such person for not complying with the court's order was that he was not the official stenographer of the court, and that no oath had been administered to him, held, that such conduct of the person so acting as stenographer was a contempt of the court, and the judge did not err in imposing upon him a fine, or, in lieu thereof, an imprisonment in jail. 4. Discharge on Habeas Corpus.

Upon the hearing of a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by the contemner, wherein the faets were as stated in the next preceding note, the judge of the superior court erred in discharging the contemner.

Error from Superior Court, Laurens County; J. L. Kent, Judge.

Habeas corpus by W. A. Dampier against W. N. Watson, Sheriff. From an order discharging applicant, the sheriff brings error. Reversed.

S. P. New, of Dublin, for plaintiff in error.

T. E. Hightower, J. E. Burch, Smyth Burch, and S. W. Sturgis, all of Dublin, for defendant in error.

FISH, C. J. Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur.