Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-19

the laws enacted for the vindicatiOn
of public and private rights, nor the
officers Charged W.. the duty of ad-
ministerlng them" 128 U. S. 313.
In re Wocley II NY. 50, It was held
t. at to incorporate into p,tion for
rehearing the statement that Your
.-onors have rendered an unjust de-
cree" and othe' insulting matter, is
to commit in open court an act con-
shutting contempt on the part CT the
attorney; and hat where the Ian
guaCe spoken or written is of itself
necessarily offensive, the disavowal OF
an intention to commit CONTEMPT
may tend to excuse but cannot justify
the act From a paragraph in that
opinion we quote:
can attorney may unfit himself for
the practice CT his profession by the
manner in which he conducts himself
in his intercourse with the courts. He
may be honest and capable, and yet
he may so conduct himself as TO cCntir
ually interrupt the business Of the
courts in which he practices; or he
nav by q systematic and continuous
course of conduct, render it imposSi-
Bile for the courts to preserve their
se,f-respect and the respect of the
public 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-
tempt is an unfit person to hold the
position and exercise the privileges Of
an officer of those tribunals An open
notorious and pubic Insult TO the
highest judicial tribunal OF the State
for which an attorney contuma ciously
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-
snon ent was fined for ironically stat
ing to a justice Of the peace, Il think
| this magistrate wiser than the SUI
preme court" Redtield. c. j., said:
The counsel must submit m JUS
! tice court IS well as in this court,
| and with the same formal respect.
howe, err difficult. il NAV te' either
[ here or there"
Eve do not see that the relator has
any alternative left him but the sub
mission TO what ne no doubt regards
as a misrepresentation Of the law. both
, on the part Of the justice and Of this
| court And in that respect he is in a
| condition very similar to many who
have failed to convince others of the
! soundness Of their own views, or to
| became convinced themselves Q fthelr
falacy"
In Mahoney V. State. Il: n. E. ISL,
an attorney was fined $50 for saying
| NJ - ;e
right or rot : van; = know whether
I am going TO be heard in tlis case in
the interests Of nv clloE. or nv"
| and making other insolent statements
In Redman " State IS Ind. the judge
Informed counsel that a question was
improper aud the attorney replied
IF We cannot examine our witnesses
he can stand aside" This language
was deemed offensive and the court
prohibited that particular attorney
from examining the next witness.
In Brown V. Brown ~ Ind. 72i. the
LAWYER was taxed with the cost of the
action for filing and reading petition
gross and indicate.
i In Mccormick V. Sheridan, 20 P -
IS. CAL "A netition for rehearine
stated that how or why the honorable
commission should have so eftectnally
and substantially ignored and disre
, garded the uncontradicted testimony
we do not know 1t seems that nei
Their the transcript nor our brief:
could have fallen under the commits
, sioners observation. A more disin
genious and misleading statement o
the evidence cold not we'll be made
1t is substantially untrue and unwar
ranted. The decision seems to us Il
I be a traversitv Of the evidence Hell
, that counsel drafting the petition wa
t guilty of contempt committed in thu
, face of the court. notwithstanding
: disavowal of disrespectful intention
A fine of 5000 was imposed with an a
tentative of serving in Jail.
e The Chief Justice speaking for tn
; court in State v Morrill,. Is Ark. 81
said:
i ST # wae the general habit of tn
community to denounce. degrade. an
t disregard the decisions and Judgment
= of the courts. no man OF self-respe<
X and just pride of renu:a ! IN W9"ld II
t main upon the 'uench. and such onl
e would become Tie ministers or IN
= law as were insensible to detamatlo
: and contempt But happily for tn
e good order of society. men. an espe'
t ally the people of this country. al
o generally disnosed to resnecf an
d abide the decisions of the tribunal
s ordained by government IS the ccr
mon arbiters of their rights. b
g where isolated individuals. in viol
s ton of the better instincts of huma
a nature. and uisregardful of law ar
t. order. wontanly attempt to obstru'
ii re course of public justice by disr
e garding and exciting disrespect II
j. the decisions o. its triaIHa 5. cve'
le good citizen will point them out
n proper subjects for legal anlmadve
sion
\ A court must naturally look first
e. an enlightened and conservative ba
IL governed by a high sense of profe
!: SIGNAL ethics and deeply sensible,
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