New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-25
CONTEMPT OF COURT
SOME AMUSING LEAVES FROM LEGAL
REPORTS
From The Boston Transcript.

SOME AMUSING LEAVES FROM LEGAL
REPORTS.
From The Boston Transcript
The rights Of the person accused Of contempt Of
court are to-day greater in England than in Amer.
pre'ent practice appears practically 10 BE- survi-
primarily an offence against the sovereign who
used 10 SIT as Judge; ana. as hction OF law,
SCOTS novels will Remember how the hero Of The
Fortunes of Nigel was forced TO fee 10 sanctu-
ing drawn sword within the precincts of tn. palace
where the King resided: such cutting of Of the
in e 's Of h
Justice Instances OF the infection OF this penalty
for example. in that quaint case where Charles j.,
'jeering Judge" Chief Justice Richardson, as.
suoe e 5 Of es
tect un brickbat lie dit Justice que narrowly mist.
remarked en- before passing sentence Of amputation:
II had been slain II had been an upright Judge"
be awarded even now with .rapidlty which II.
leading authority on contempt describes as orisn.
execution into his own hands IN manner amer qus
torney: he acted with less excuse than had the
Marshal who IN defence OF Unsq Stss 1unss
With contempt committed before the Court Itself
or against its officers. while on duty this article
ss.es examples Of 'q %. v sSnts%Hs
drawn sword tried to RESCUE his serysnt when on
great anger paid attention 70 the aamon'iSns
e the "se 20 ss s ind 70
siay oti the JSdEs The latter unarshied said a.
S Ss wGTi kspe hero aeW place Of
soveraine lorde and father. 10 whom ye owe dounl'
OSeSsnSs go "G the pfysons kygss'
bench. whereun,o sommyte Eou The e Pslnss.
made and departed to Pri;;Sn When al
CoS tory hay q
esreih e minister ,Ssyce and Ssv also 0s
;SSe While ct" 'qs sto s"S
'in their places doing their onces and ~nne
' pd whs on
Contempt conf" to strike judge while taking his walks
seem TO be sacred ground in the coal mining re-
gions In these days. ,., s. M. .,.,
their inherent power 70 maintain tnsi, ssny
der Ruggles told an old woman VINO was Vs," ~
Sokn s t FOR The IN Judge as comSS m
demonstrated. and ascertaining VINO naa ail ls ~,
70 .t on the bench whereto that undismayed a..
torney replied: Il thought the place was maze io'
slur or the court in latter days Is said 70 have
been made here in Boston ny an attorney wn r, -
serptuTa quotations upon his once .tstie,nery :;
having occasion ref to Il on sheet
"Ys are ali bought with price" This reflection
overlooked except that his appsda, mon. de-
\
Political boss on Pacific Coast materially ally
BEEN MADE bs, SSich had ys, been prS S1ss.
gated this boss wen, to the GS nromsd for 500
that decision should be given In this party M y,,
s pe was glad to insure his ships coming IT,
by the pa vment OF premium dema nded tne cou, n
,shed Ito quote from another opinion)-"to keep
glory round and to deter people from s.se',P" ,hs
to render them contemplate IN Inc eyes - WV
Those coming before some courts must be cs-e'ut
the bar should be garbed sombrey the bar having
gone into mourning at the death Of Queen Anne
s sd@ to hear solicitor adorned
with white waiseoat and announcer nnI ss,fv vho.s
legs are encased in gray trousers Our Sws wSr.
tce Gray refused to hear counsel SUa n our
Supreme Court he once refused to rece,. receive Who
chess the stems Of his profession .,.
and so smbody his representation Of the soyere,sm
to object to reciprocal co Wn OF TO
prosecute one who spoke disrespectfully OF n''
trousers! - ,.ns,,,oc.
There co MAS used TO- argue cases while I'm mar.
ness. that Is. clad in complete arm9r us Is Ala 4
fT they SSyun ie m renads recenty when Chief
Justice compelled continuous sessions ot , so,t
While trying his case. thus setting up pr,V9 rU
lunch bar. for which the Court did not even
fatth
toward the Court In their peadngs; as IN the hra
case where was punished Tor stating , .n1,3
was n precedent while none existed put mere an ns
in these days every hing goes We nave M
recently had quite such Migrant abuse OF pl nnv
ins as the one long thought TO be legendary oI.,
hui which has recently been authenticated iro ..
the records OF the court OF London: In TINS case
plaintiff set up a partnership with defena,ahis:
xhereto each contributed horses and other artlcIes
necessary to deal In horses. iewelry ETC. rur.nstt
alleging that they dealt With one gentleman ~
Hounsiow Heath for gold watch Tor nv, d d o
rooney AZ err small discourse with him. and oe,a,.
ing other transactions and dealings 70 the am cum
nary one for account I, transpred that the deams
dsco,rsc" wa. Your money or your lfe" When
The Court learned this II dism Used the Oil IN III
s,onter and heavily fined the plaintiff ann an M
Counsel Afterward both parties and par. o.
counsel each came to some bad end-in Two case''
at least TO the end OF the hangman's rope; 10
How heinous some regard contempt OF cou,t !"
shown by an instance which may be lesssn ,n ~
.oo hut which vet las some say Ia proved 70 ~
true bv It's coming from several sources In slightly
varied form The simplest version Is as fon ovr,
\ sailor having been bla srhemous In open couI,;
was impressively charged by the State AttornIes
with tx clear violation OF the laws OF Goo.
Worse than that" exclaimed the Judge; ITS con-
tempt Of COURT