McCormick, Harry, relator.

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Harry McCormick, reporter for the Houston Press in July 1935, and his managing editor E. M. Pooley, were cited for contempt of court by District Judge M. S. Munson after they defied an order to not publish testimony given in open court during the Brazoria County murder trial of Clyde Thompson. Other journalists cited for contempt were reporter Ed Rider of the Houston Chronicle with his managing editor George Cottingham, and reporter Frank White of the Houston Post with his managing editor Max Jacobs.

From the guide to the Ex parte Harry McCormick [et al. ], 1935, (Rare Books & Special Collections, Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin)

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Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Houston Press (Newspaper)
Houston (Tex.)
Jaworski, Leon
McCormick, Harry, d. 1968
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