Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-15
TRIBUNE CONTEMPT CASE
Cited by Justice Hawthorne and
the Case Continued.

the ease of f. J. Parkinson, proprietor
of the Tribune, cited for contempt by
Justice Hawthorne.
The case grew out Of a row that Mr..
Stark, proprietor of The Ormsby
House. had with Parker. his barkeep-
er. In the dis cussion Stark strnck
Parker in the face with a beer glass
iDfiicting a lacarated wound.
Starke was arrested for assault and
battery and on his trial convicted by a
jury. He was fined $40 and cosSs,
about $50 in all. The Tribune criti-
cised the Court because of the fine and
intimated that the Court was in with
a plot to get the Ormsby House Nut of
the hands Of Stark, its present lessee.
The article appeared on Sunday morn-
ing and the Court at once cited him
for contempt, on an affidavit made by
Constable Cowinr, an officer of the
Court, as follows:
In the justice Court, Carson Town
ship. Ormsbv County, Nevada. Sale
Of Nevada, County Of Ormshv. s s.
Joseph Fl. Cowing, beingduly sworn,
deposes and saws. that he is a citizen
Of the Uni,ei S.aios, over the age Of 21
ears and compel mt TO be a witnC<"
in any legal proceeding: That on the
Sth day Of January, 1895. or on or
about that day. Lew Stark was tried
l0f 40 T,,-{ia1 g <lN D., - "
Hawthorne, in the Justice Court. Car
son Township. Ormsbv County, Ney-
ada, and II jury. on the charge Of hav-
ing cOmmi ed II miedemeanOr in the
town Of Carson, County and Sta,e
aforesaid, in throwifg A glass at one
- Parker a few days previous to his
said trial. and was duly convict 81 Of
said offense bv said jury that on or
about the t2nth day of January, 1896.
said Lew Stark was fne1 by said
Judge for said o~ffense, under said
conviction by said jury in '"e sum Of
forty dollars and costs. an. lntinr in
all to SS1.
That on the 11t.i cav f January.
1896. me f. J. Parkinson was the pr
! prietor and publisher of the Daily n
vada Tribune, a newspaper Of genera,
circulation. printed and published at
Carson City. Ormsby County, New
ada.
That on said 18th day of January.
1896, we'll knowing said conviction of
said Stark OF said offens- by said jury
.fo1e said Judge, and well knowing
said fine so imposed by said Judge
under and by virtue Of said convic-
ton as aforesaid. said E. J. Parkin-
son as proprietor and publisher Of said
Daily Nevada Tribune. did wilfully
and u~nlawfully and contemptuously,
and with intent to bring said Court
and said Judge into public contempt,
print, publish and circulat, in said
Daily Nevada Tribune, in Carson Civ,
Ormsby County, Nevada, and we'll
knowing that the matters and things
set forth in said publication was scan
dalous. contemptuous and false, the
following, to-wit:
STARK's SENTENCE.
At 2 o'clc X yesterday afternoon L.
w. Stark a fined $40 and costs.
which were Sal, making the entire fine
SSl.
The fine is ontrageouslv large. but
thea it is notorious that Hawthorne
ALWAYS cinches a respectable citizen if
he hapi MS to get into his Court, and
lot, IoLoo ,ol Iooll., 60 l.J--
1T looks to the Tribune as though the
report that certain parties were behind
Parker in the effort to cinch Stark. in
and eventually get control Of if. was
true. But if they think they can Sc
cur the house from honest old Dick
Kirman by these tactics they vii.
soon find ont their mistake"
Wherefore. affiant prays that an or.
der be issued by the Judge of the Jus.
tice Court Carson Township, Ormsby
County, Nevada. directed TO said r. J
Parkinson, commanding him to ap.
pear before said Justice Court at the
court room thereof on the 18th day Of
January. 1896, at 10 o'clock a. NJ. o.
said day, then and there to show
why he should not be punished fol
contempt.
J. II. Cowing.
Subscribed and sworn to before m,
this 18th day of January, 1896.
w. A Hawthorne, J. P
The following citation was issued.
Tn the Justice Court, Carson Town
ship. Ormsby County. Nevada. Ir
the matter of the contempt of E. ]