Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-01

the laws vindicatiCn
OF publ hts nor the
officers e duty of ad-
minister H." - U. S. 3l3.
In re = ~. >, t was held
t. at to i ~s' = D--tiGH for
reheartT to- ri that Your
-OnCrs rlLerod n unjust de
cree" "a in u.ting matter, is
a conn en- court an act con-
stitutirg contempt on the part Of the
alrtrnev: hat Wore the Ian
gua~e e0t: ~r writ en- is # Itself
nece -sarilv offensive, the disavowal OF
On linton 'oa 10 commit a conterpt
NAV tend to excuse but cannot Justify
the act From a paragraph in that
opinion we quote:
AN a+tor~0v NAV unfit himself fer
the u ~acticn e his profession bv tho
manner in which he conducts himself
in his intercourse with The courts. He
may be honest and capable, and yet
he NAV 50 9 nfuct himself as to cOntin-
ually interrupt the business of the
courts in which he practices; or he
NAV by a systematic and continuous
course Of conduct. render it impossi-
Bile fer the courts to preserve their
self-respect and the respect of the
nublic and at the same time permit
him to act as an officer and attorney.
An attorney who thus StudiOuSly and
Systematically attempts to bring the
tribunals Of justice into public con-
| tpmDt is an unfit person to hold the
| nosition and exercise the privileges OF
an officer Of those tribunals. An open
notorious and pubic Insult to the
| highest judicial tribunal OF the State
| Cor which an attorney contuma ri01Slv
refuses in any way to atone, may JUS
tify the refusal of that tribunal TO
recognize him in the future as one of
| its officers
In re Cooper. % Vt. 262. the re-
spon6ent was fined for ironically stat
ing to Justice Of the peace, Il think
this magistrate wiser than the SUI
preme court" Kedfeld, c. J., said:
The counsel must submit in a jus
tfce court as we'll as il this court
and with the same formal respect
hovel err difFcn,t. il may tie eifhe'
here or there.
We 10 not see that the rnlatcr he's
any alternative ieft him but the sub
mission to what ne no doubt regard;
as a r7isapp9ehension Of the law. botE
on the part of the justice and of thl
court. And N that respect he is in
CONDITION va~v similar 10 many wh'
have failed to convince others OF III;
b s0untness Of their own views. or Il
became convinced themselves 0 fthe1
faiacy"
In Nahonev V. State, Is n T. Isl
l a. attorra~ was fined $50 for saying
Il want to see whather the court
| right or cot ; want = know Nhethe
[ am going to be heard in this case il
| the interests OF my client or no
and making other insolent statement:
3 In Redman V. State Is Ind, tire luGg
l Informed counsel that a question va
- improper and the attorney replied
Il IF we cannot examine cur w!tnesse
:, he can stand aside This lane"ag
was deemed offensive and the cOur
prohibited that Particular attorne
= f.0m examining the next witness.
:. In Brown Y. Brown " Ind. 721. II
LAWYER was taxed with the cost of tn
, action for fling and reading petiio
: fer divorce which was unnecessaril
gross and indelicate.
In Mccormick Y. Sheridan. 20 P. :
IS Cal. "A petition for rehearin
stated that how or why the honorab
3 commission should have so effectuall
,, and substantially ignored and disr
= cardnd tn rrcontraGicte tns-imnn
:, We do not know. It seems That ne
. Their the transcript nor our brlel
" could have fallen under the COMM
:, siOners observation. A more dlsl
= genious and misleading statement
= the evidence could not well be mad
~ II is subs. antialy untrue and unWa
:. ranted. The decision seems to us
~ be a trav"-sity of the evidence He
. that cour sci drafting the petition W.
~ guilty of contempt commftten in II
- face of the court. withstandinS
5 disayowai Of disrespectful intentio
a fine o. 5000 was imposed with an
ternativa of serving in jail. <-'-
"a The Chief Justice speaking TOR u
y court in State V. Morrill,, 10 Ark. 5
!! said
a, ST if vas the general habit OF L
h community TO den0unca, degTahe' a
n disregard the decisions and 7Ufg'ne'
- Cf tho courts. NO man OF sHN-reS3e
tx and lust pride of reou:a ia WH"'h
NJ main upon the Dench, and such on
70 ; would become lac ministers OF :
o. law as were insensible TO defamat'
f. and contennt. But haDnNv for I
20 good order of society, men. an esp
# iallv tine people OF his country
to rnoorarv disposed to reSnn"f 2
Id abide the decisions of the tribune
as ordained by government as tne- &c
mon arbiters of their rights. /
,c- where isolated individuals. IN Vlo
IS ton of the better instincts OF mum
= nature. and uisregardful OF law
# order, wontanly attempt to obstr'
ct re course of public justice by dis
be garding and exciting disrespect
nj the decisions OF its trihlna ;. eV'
he good citizen will point them out
il proper subjects for legal anlmadv
sion
70. A court must naturally look first
SO an enlightened and conservative c
,u governed bv a high sense OF prol
r.: sional ethics and deeply sensible,
od thew ALWAYS are. OF its necessity