Ingle v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Ingle v. State

8 Blackf. 574, 1848 Ind. LEXIS 137

DecidedJanuary 25, 1848

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Ingle v. State, 8 Blackf. 574, 1848 Ind. LEXIS 137 (Ind. 1848).

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A. BEING indicted for an assault 'and battery and bound by a recognizance to answer the charge, was advised by his attorney that -if he, A., could not procure a continuance of the cause on affidavit, “ he then could escape and forfeit his recognizance, which would work a continuance of said cause until the next term at a trifling cost.” Held, that the attorney was not, for giving said advice, guilty of a contempt of Court.

If an attorney be fined in such case for a contempt, he may have a writ of error. R. S. 1843, p. 664.

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A. BEING indicted for an assault 'and battery and bound by a recognizance to answer the charge, was advised by his attorney that -if he, A., could not procure a continuance of the cause on affidavit, “ he then could escape and forfeit his recognizance, which would work a continuance of said cause until the next term at a trifling cost.” Held, that the attorney was not, for giving said advice, guilty of a contempt of Court.

If an attorney be fined in such case for a contempt, he may have a writ of error. R. S. 1843, p. 664.

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8 Blackf. 574, 1848 Ind. LEXIS 137, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/ingle-v-state-ind-1848.