Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-11

In was held
Tat , ton for
ref'" IT, Your
.-OnGrs 7~aS ,,u,,,st de-
cree ult ng NATTER is
10 CO N oct con
sttutj'" II the part of the
al Nv" rat who're the Ian
| rrjs r VIZ is Cf itself
nn"P @,.r' ensive, the disavowal o.
| an 1ntC7 TO commit a contemnt |
! may ten ~cuse but cannot Justify
| the act M a paragraph in that |
| opinion v'c -u0te:
| syn ~ a. u~it himself for !
| the y act'cn # MS profession bv the !
manner in which he conducts himself
| in his int"~sourse with the courts. He
| may be honest and capable. and yet |
he NAV C oauct himsn'f as to contin-
ualiy interrupt the business of the
| courts in which he practices; or he
NAV b. a systematic and continuous
course Of conduct. render it impossi- |
BILE for the courts to preserve their
self-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 contumaciously
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, 81 VT. 262, the re-
spondent was fined for ironically stat
ing to justice of the peace, Il think
this magistrate wiser than the SUI
prame court" Redtield. c. j., said:
"The counsel must submit IN JUS
5 tice court as we'll as in this court,
| and with the same formal respect.
howe, er difficult. it may lie either
- here or there"
Eve do not see that the relator has
+ any alternative left him but the sub
Il mission to what -le no doubt regards
y as a misrepresentation Of the law beth
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
a became convinced themselves fthetr
!. falacy"
: In Mahoney " State. Il N. E. Isl.
!. an attorney was fined $50 for saying
- 81 want to see whether the court is
\ right or rot ! vali t, know whether
l am going to be heard in this case in
: ! the interests Of :Nv ciIoEt or NJ.
r and making other insOlent statements
g In Redman " State % Ind. the judge
- informed counsel that a question was
- improper and 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
ar from examining the next witness.
~ In Brown v Brown w Ind. 72i. the
lawyer was taxed with the cost of the
" action for filing and reading a petition
i. gross and indicate
20 In Mccormick v. Sheridan. 20 P -
n 79 Cal "a petition for rehearins
" stated that how or why the honorable
nj commission should have SO efectuall,
e. and substantially ignored and disre
re- garded the. 1ncontradicted testimony
. We do not know 1t seems That nei
# fther the transcript nor our brief:
~ could have fallen under the commits
N sioners observation. A more disin
of I genious and misleading statement o
ID the evidence COLD not we'll be made
N It is substantially untrue and unwar
#. ranted. The decision seems to us t
at be "a traversits of the evidence Hell
,e that counsel drafting the petition wsl
pt guilty Of contempt rommitted m tn
in face of the court. -notW tthstSadahae' 7
n. disavowal Of disrespectful intention
s. A fine of 500 was imposadrNitn an q
Tentative of serving IN i9itsF
ne The Chief Justice speaking for tn
" court in STATE y horriilh Us Ark. 81
Al said: ~lI VT
al IF it ,waa the general habit ofAth
h community to denounce, deg1ade1 an
OF disregard the decisions, and Judgment
cr Of the courts. no man Of seHresner
tx and Just pride of renata ',n-M,'"dfr'
OF main upon the oench. and such oni
he would become the ministers ct tn
e law as were insensable 10 defamatio
it. and .contemnt- But happily for tn
he good order of society. men. an espe'
ht- ialty the. peop.e of this country. az
to generally dispnseds to respect an
I'D abide the decisions Of the tribunal
as ordained by government rs the co"
mon arbiters Of their y rights. b
&C. whera isolated individuals, In vioii
e's ton OF the better slpstiBctssof huma
nature. and oisregardful OF law an
pt, order, wontanly attempt to obstru'
OF Tie course of public justice by disr'
be garding and exciting disrespect Il
nj the Sdeci sens>tee siss, ufhi:n' i..cye'
he GOOD CITIZEN Will point them out
in proper subjects sfor. tesSi aanrmndve
sion.
Ia IA, court must naturally. look first
Sc. an enlightened and conservative ba
Su- governed by a high sense or profe
I'd: sinna1 ethics and deeply sensible, ~
ed they always are. OF its necessity /
Of aid in the maintenance Of public re
yer pect for it's opinions"
lib .itIae Scmerszv,- ,Torre,.. IS ,Paise. yCh,-
nct | A. AoyS ~ - a. /.