Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-24

OmcerS Charged VIZ the duty OF ad-
ministerlng them" 12s U. S. 313
In re Wooley IL hy. IS, 1t was held
lat to incorporate into petition for
rehearing the statement that Your
nonors have rendered an unjust de-
cree" and other insulting matter, is
to commit in open court an act con-
stituting contempt on the part of the
attorney: and hat where the Ian
guage spoken or written is of itself |
necessarily offensive, the disavowal OF
an intention to commit a contempt |
may tend to excuse but cannot justify
the act From a paragraph in that
opinion we quote:
Gan attorney may unfit himself for
the practice of 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 10 contln-
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 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 or
| an officer of these 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. - VT. Pop, the re-
spondent was fned'for ironically stat
ing to a justice OF the peace, 4 think
this magistrate wiser than the SUI
preme court" Redheld, c J., said:
The counsel must submit N a JUS
tice court as well as in this court,
and with the same formal respect,
howe> er difficult. it may he either
-, here or there"
I'VE do not see that the relator has
any alternative left him but the sub
mission TO what ne no doubt regards
as a misapprehensiono of the law. both
on the part of the justice and of this
court And in that respect he is in
condition very similar TO many who
have failed to convince others of the
=. soundness of their own views. or tt
became convinced tn amselves o ftheI
, falacy."
: In Mahoney V. State. e \. F. Isl
!. an attorney was fined $50 for sayin:
- II want 10 see whether the court i
| right or rot ! want {, know vhethe
I am going 10 be heard in tlis case il
the interests of my client or NJ,
and making other insolent statements
= In Redman v State % Ind, the jude
:, informed counsel that a question wa
- improper and the attorney replied
:. IF we cannot examine our witnesse
:. he can stand aside" This languag
=, was deemed offensive ana the cour
prohibited that particular attorne
" from examining the next witness.
- In Brown v Brown " Ind. 721. til
lawyer was taxed with the cost Of tn
" action for filing and reading petitio
= for divorce which was unnecessaril
Il. gross and indicate.
,el In Mccormick v. Sheridan. 20 P. .
n. IS, Cal. "A petition for rehearin
" stated that how or why the honorab
If commission should have so effectual
.. and substantially ignored and disr
70 garded the uncontradicted testimon
!" We do not know. 1t seems That ne
If Their the transcript nor our brie
a > could have fallen under the cOmmi
IN sioners observation. A more dist
1T genious and misleading statement
nd the evidence could not we'll be mad
IN 1t is substantially untrue and unwa
If. ranted The decision seems to us
at be a traverstv of the evidence" He
ne that counsel drafting the petition W
MT guilty of contempt committeH in u
in face of the court Notwithstanding
fi- disavowal of disrespectful intentio
IS. A fine of 5000 was imposed with an
tentative of serving in jail.
me The Chief Justice speaking for I
,v- court in State V Morrill,. 16 Ark. J
al ! said:
,ai .If it was the general habit of I
CHI community 10 denounce, degrade. a
OF disregard the decisions and judgmel
for of the courts. no man of self-reSp'
six and Just pride of renu:l Ill W3nId
lot main upon the bench. and such OF
he , would become Inc ministers OF
rg- law as were insensible 10 defamat
tit and CONTEMPT But happily for
the good order of society. men. an esp
:ht- iaIlv the people of this country.
to generally diSn0sed to respect
uld abide the decisions Of the trlbun
vas ordained bv government as the @
mon arbiters Of their rights.
ac- where isolated individuals, In vic
les ton of the better instincts OF hun
f a nature. and aisregardfrl of law
,pt. | order. wontanly attempt to obstr
OF lie course Of public justice by dis
be garding and exciting disrespect
mi the decisicns o. its trihnna 5. CIV
the good citizen will point them out
in proper subjects for legal anlmad'
sion.
ha- A court must naturally look frs
ase an enlightened and conservative
SUI governed by a high sense OF pro
aid: sional ethics and deeply sensible,
led they always are. OF its necessity
| of aid in the maintenance OF public
ever pect for its opinions
lib In Somers V. TOrrey. Paige On
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