The law of constructive contempt
Subtitle: the Shepherd case reviewed
By: by John L. Thomas.
Contributors: Shepherd, J. M.; Missouri. Supreme Court.
Publisher: F.B. Rothman
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Littleton, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Contempt of court -- Missouri.; Freedom of the press -- Missouri.
Other titles: Constructive contempt.
Notes: Originally published: St. Louis : F.H. Thomas Law Book Co., 1904.
"In a proceeding, by attachment for contempt, against J.M. Shepherd, editor of the Warrensburg Standard herald, the Supreme Court of Missouri, in July, 1903, assumed jurisdiction to try and fine Mr. Shepherd for publishing in his paper, an editorial, which the court held to be a libel upon itself"--P. 5.
"Appendix L: State ex inf. Crow, atty.-gen., v. Shepherd. (Supreme Court of Missouri, Oct. 13, 1903)": p. 177-260.
On spine: Constructive contempt.
Includes indexes.