Ex parte Harry McCormick [et al.] 1935

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Ex parte Harry McCormick [et al.] 1935

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlaw/00015/00015-P.html

The collection contains records and briefs relating to the 1935 appeal of a contempt of court conviction of several Houston newspaper reporters and editors after they defied an order to not publish testimony.

Rare Books & Special Collections, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas at Austin

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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 Ja...