Jewish editor jailed for not appearing in court on subpoena dated for Yom Kippur
GEORGE WEST — William J. Gibbs Jr., editor of The Progress newspaper, spent a couple of hours in the Live Oak County Jail Friday after not appearing in court on an order summoning him to take the stand on a major Jewish holiday.
He was ordered to be arrested on a writ of attachment issued by District Judge Janna Whatley when he was unable to attend a hearing on the change of venue matter in a capital murder case.
Initially Gibbs was to have testified at the hearing in Whatley’s court on Wednesday.
However, he informed the office of District Clerk Melanie Matkin, defense attorney Michele Ochoa and Assistant District Attorney Tiffany McWilliams that he would be unable to attend the hearing that day because it was Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.
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Cross-posted in the Texas Group.
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