 | 1920 - 1800 pages
...punishable by the court." The provisions referred to declared that the wilful misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice is a contempt; and that abuse of, or unlawful interference with, the process or proceedings... | |
 | William Frederick Notz, Richard Selden Harvey - 1921 - 620 pages
...Columbia. Sec. 24. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ,... | |
 | United States - 1922 - 164 pages
...Columbia. SEC. 24. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, n'or to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ,... | |
 | 1926 - 302 pages
...common crimes. It is also to be noted that the court clearly excludes cnses of contempts committed "in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstmct the administration of justice." That was precisely the ground on which the famous case of the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1966 - 790 pages
...Wilmot. new legislation was passed in 1831. This allowed the courts to punish summarily -misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The current Federal statute reads much the same as the 1831... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1967 - 1384 pages
...court a demand for the retirement of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the contempt arises fiom an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge...interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any sucli demand the judge shall thereupon proceed no further, but another judge... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1967 - 1414 pages
...contempt shall have been committed: Provided, That this right wSj"' shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court (»» • or so near...as to interfere directly with the administration of I justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of | any officer of the court... | |
 | 1925 - 630 pages
...divided into two classes: direct and indirect or constructive. 10 Direct contempts are those committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice. Indirect or constructive contempts obviously include those... | |
 | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - 1967 - 132 pages
...exceed the term of six months. This section shall not be construed to relate to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to contempts committed in disobedience of any lawful writ,... | |
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... to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process of the court. 
