Golner v. State

Citations

• 29 Ohio C.C. Dec. 290
• 19 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 317
• 1912 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 244

Syllabus

<p>ATTORNEY AND CLIENT — CONTEMPT OP COURT.</p> <p>1. Contempt in Enticing Juror in Criminal Case to Visit Prosecuting Attorney.</p> <p>To entice a juror in a criminal case from his home late at night and by falsehood induce him to put himself in a position which would appear compromising both to him and to the prosecuting attorney, with witnesses placed in such position that they could see the unsuspecting juror and be able to testify to his apparent, but not real, wrong-doing, is an interference with the due administration of justice and a contempt of court, punishable as such.</p> <p>2. Privilege of Counsel Does not Extend to Discussion of Future Wrongdoing of Client.</p> <p>A lawyer is not privileged from testifying in a case against his client, as to a conference between him and his client in which future wrong-doing of his client was discussed.</p>