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IN RE MURTHA

115 N.J. Super. 380 (1971)

279 A.2d 889

IN THE MATTER OF SISTER MARGARET MURTHA, CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 6, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert L. Podvey argued the cause for appellant Sister Margaret Murtha (Messrs. Podvey, Sachs & Kaltenbacher, attorneys).

Mr. Edwin H. Stern, First Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Geoffrey Gaulkin, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, HALPERN and FRITZ.

The opinion of the court was delivered by GOLDMANN, P.J.A.D.

Sister Margaret Murtha appeals from a Law Division order holding her in contempt for violation of an order directing that she testify before a special Hudson County grand jury, and confining her to the county jail until she had purged herself by answering the questions posed. The trial judge having denied bail, we released Sister Margaret in the custody of her attorneys and scheduled the appeal for early...

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