, 1870-04-25
THE LAW COURTS.
question OF Appeal in Contempt
Important Decision.
q Physician Charged with an Hein-
Gus Crime Found Hot Guilty.


QUESTION OF ArrEAL n OoSIINrT.
The People '. Davtd Goolwtllie. THIS w1s An
attachment fos contempt, hs which ii was sought
10 compel the rarment cl ahou, 500, tlecrrc,I to
tx paid by the defendant, for sol,citors fees In
and al'ou1 the partition Of thc old city cemetery
property auinns thr NElman heirs The s,cfend-
ant was brought into court by the Sheriff, when he
declined to purge htn,s<lt frnsu the contempt by
tue rayHent Of the money, nor would he plead An
iaa3lt,s 10 rat- !lc vas then committed 70 Gus
se.iy ar the Sheriff. lie then prayed an appeal
which wAs allowed, the Court deciding this epcs-
tim, - fu!lr~s:
III. .1tseamens issued urou = rulc saten some
ten tayS 40 to Fhow cause why an attachment
Eheah no, issue for the non-payinent Of q sun Of
money. rit Objection Wal male At the time, thss
the Crurt hal no is,wer enforce Tia or1ler fnr
the payment Of money, by the pTocess Of can. IN.
tempt c.'nElder.i the quettlou, and unon
tae statutes os the Stale, Ind upon the de-
f.rcc tss crust In that WAY, and cnforce ii hy sn
eNrtntpn. The ordinary, wciI-lnoNp mode. nr ~
scQusf,Fai:.'n ~ The real and personal estate Gf
uran that the wE1t OF attachment Issued. Thai
Wit t=s only Just now becn served, and the n.Tty
j. nri tsfore nc court, falling TO purge hlhistf
ncney, hc ott.cr VI commttial has t4+t1 nade.
and aN allral has teea prayed from that or1er'
Thr Gct'st1un Is, whether 1t Is under our PRACTICE
= allow all appeal from an order Of commit,ai In
this ,l1es Of c2kes 49,
We sase knt or two cases- The People y Stew
AT S'aMuen, and the rasc nj the roonls :.
Stale has decided tEal writ OF error will tie FINN
The Judgment " toutt In ! criminal cnptefnnt
or iltat sI"cits u contempt which IL OF a l1fafti
criminal nature, Is ~herc4 in presence Of the
Judge in eruft, party Is guilty OF dtsrespcct Or
,'ss N. &C; which tntefferea With the Adnulstta-
,,,nr ,n "t 1Is.isv; IeeFs = howcver rls.n dis
aud the class Of ennitmpta one OF which is now bc-
fort TIE, AID II should eeei that those cases ought
mt here 70 apply.
In this case the writ of attachment and arrest
Tor contempt II In the nature OF process merely.
II + ikc an execution AZ law or In equity for the
The taatHtsy lsi sfv<a uos ouy the right To tssue
execution to COLLECT muneys which hare been
s!c H. to rSs Il r,a at Ss :; e nsssen have aa
thr parry E attachment Or to sequesteF The prop
cEty, ant it should seem that either Of these oles
II TIC 'ss ss1 in ta.t 'es Il Ihs sea Se
a possible 10 take writ Of errnr
from a, An s1csutios = from this writ Of At
VI money. Ihcrriorr. should tse Scry clearly Of
cyu,on Ill., Al IN thus St1te m appeal caultl mt lie
,.ransr II party. a. IN this ea+e, allows an o.
sart for thf payment Of money 10 be made, with
out an appearance II Ill L. IN default 2nd the or
tss for the pAsInrut OF money Il taken and 10 ap
suu:rttve'5 SATISFIED with it. and to allow him In
proceeding to ruiorce the order to appeal would
t* 10 aa!ow him 10 appeal after the order vas
passed
Ne have, however, q late czsc In the XIV I'LL.
nos, VhNh, thlnk, must he MT guide III this
tA~: i was my CUTIE In the DECISION which /
tarsncns atnI II TIL; cas- ] thlat also, 4 has
tlat case there bad heen sn or1cr T o, 1ae conTt #
yearly Aulns ,y the husband to hEs divorced vile
as uli1nuny. After some SIX or seven years thc
husband refused to make further payments The
cpurt Issued an Attachment, upon rroncr atf1An-
Wis The r2rsJ vas brought before The Judge,
sn ~ IN this case, rrfases to purge himself from
& enc! ihen rfsyei, aud alase, " r. aaa Tie the
case tten to the Supreme Court These questions
wrte then eon..ieird, namely. whether It vas
The PROCESS ns attachment to enforce tts order for
the payment NJ altrnonr. The Cunrt held Thai It
~ rr,r.T. ~ a. sn1 rtasonet the case at length it
the plainlin tn tr7pr, and the wr1t Of error Wss
dismissed and the parry Has left in jail, With the
1cstng hnsctf trin his confinement by paying ne
debt tn The usual way. In that case w!t oi error
r.a s,,owsa ny thc court: mi o. he coming
Waa not dismissed As Improperly allowed hui
The , ssse vent On. vas heani, and Vas
sts arss1 spa ,s4 H. s n ws5 rnsy as
h"Re,eF, auy* The witt, and tt was nu1 oafy al.
!owtz' s1. IN ;he M Instance, bur allowed Is tic
provided that in iii cases where writ or error
viii lie, an ap.al will also Tic II wit Of errnr.
therefore, Ill this case. a, This stage Of the pro.
stasutc, am os'l'rrd to allow an appeal. ~
q Wtsh!nsn =. WtChtman. The inclination Of
ihnr Il ;h o;hur ,]nv -, ~ No. " .ne
We haTc statute, passed tn 1859, which furnishes
uts u thu Ti-ht al annss, tha; whcnercr n 49,
ts corurtt, i 10 ja under an sstachmcnt Is ssnca :.
for conis1nlt Of court fur the payment of
shall npper the ray ~ 10 appy ~ ias qor
~ VIII o. ha'ens sot1us, ana upon coming before
to the satisfaction Of ihe judge thai he "a unst1e
to nav, That sta;ute mreis aIl the ,Iin1.
en.tls: thst ought to af4se or to Se
the party has allowed money order II ~.
made against him. without arncai or objection.
tarhmcnt an II sIiowc1 noW VI - .nresi ~ u ~. ~
disasnltd the Court The onlv cScasc which hc
onTh, to tse sn or to Re allowed stsse n
ie ,he cxcuse he ra s,lsrhn5c - n1s,f 1 frm tn n1
nutmrnt ~ '|3A 1A'>'''-4 81 "''se'' ''on1 eon-
Rcluctantly, and be!ue nyse,f controlled ,r thc
Tne stciI4t M s@5 @bn,a a4tgM INV AZ s11 at,s, .,
p.d shouid cone ~ hen nrc aae fI IN o.e'ea ~ 70 ee
t.nnrstTsf,tn ~ - IN ~. ~ osoes oi
e'1-' - '"e 's'ea'ans- Ho4 c,s,,q 9,1et s'an1eo.
,c,,nu y ~. Iae'a u :. naIew ADAMS 1hs vas N
aliesc actIrment ot the pi.nti n Gsost 3o1 NE
ns greatest recuI!.11!{ Of the case consists IN the
ist , tnas, nntRnhstant.ns the dtmcul!J Of making
=, deienes tss, N s9h agsass the xpreas oath
- It, arneaen On the pAst o. plaintiff that
to, .t.,,t nAs ,,,p oecn llacnslng lhJstclan
% ne ,sa fsss sssa sa f.eaa sasi
g. ne psntin lamily. aai thelr medical aisser.
,n.te4 ~ hs .nans foman 70 ~ honsc TO tntEpluce
a.o va he doc,9 ,s reni nh u .ee s eoas fns Tne'c
arw Si,os esss' 1n aoes am 'ul!s "n the win.
and bccau ia crT orr. fcn ttc .1fonsr, a,
hetrs kss Ge,, :. h,ne sassn& thal she should g
nnn as3a ~1rn sne n ns saksn taat Shs ps"of Of Il
e. ssSsd 1as ss r., a. w.s 3
nsss,ua rv,nts ~" hsn sns ,s hcae sa1 enn1sns q