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SALYER v. COMMONWEALTH

166 S.E.2d 110 (1969)

209 Va. 662

Kermit W. SALYER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke (Eggleston, Holton, Butler & Glenn, Roanoke, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

M. Harris Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, and GORDON, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

Kermit W. Salyer, the defendant, was cited for contempt of court by a rule alleging that he had published "certain vile, contemptuous and insulting language * * of and concerning the Judge" of the Circuit Court of Franklin County "in an `Editor's Note' * * * appearing in the Franklin News Post in the issue dated October 5, 1967."

In a summary proceeding, the defendant was found guilty of contempt and was sentenced to jail for a term of ten...

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