State v. Angevine

Citations

• 104 Wash. 679
• 177 P. 701
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 540

Syllabus

<p>Contempt (3) — Publications Relating to Court Proceedings. Rem. Code, § 2372, subd. 7, providing that one who publishes a false or grossly inaccurate report of court proceedings shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, designates a particular kind of criminal contempt, regardless of common law definitions; and an information plainly charging the same is not subject to demurrer.</p> <p>Same (3) — Publications—Pendency of Proceedings. In a prosecution for criminal contempt by publishing a false report of testimony that had already been given, the case was “pending” when the trial continued for several days after the publication.</p> <p>Same (22) — Evidence—Sufficiency. In a prosecution for criminal contempt by publishing a false report of court proceedings, the admission of the publication, and evidence of its gross inaccuracy and the synchronous pendency of the action, sustained a verdict, the weight and credibility of the evidence being for the jury.</p> <p>Same (3.) — Publications Relating to Court — Pendency of Proceedings. The publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of the proceedings of a court is criminal contempt, within Rem. Code, § 2372, subd. 7, whether the proceedings are pending at the time of the publication or concluded prior thereto.</p>