...also constituted other crimes under federal or state law. Contempts of this nature, unless committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice, or unless they involved disobedience to a court writ, process, order, or decree in...

...(1874); In re Savin, 131 US 267, 275-276 (1889). That Act limited the contempt power to misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct justice; misbehavior of court officers in their official transactions; and disobedience or...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any...

...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,...

...criticism. A defendant had been convicted in 1939 under a federal contempt statute that punished conduct in the presence of the court or "so near thereto" as to obstruct the administration of justice. At the time of defendant's conviction case law required a cawtil...

...$1,000 or imprisoned for more than six months. This section shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, nor to the misbehavior, misconduct, or disobedience of any...

...contempt shall have been com24 mitted. This rule shall not apply to contempts committed in the pres26 ence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the 26 administration of justice or to the misbehavior, misconduct, or dis27 obedience of any officer of...

...punishment * * * is contemplated"). The criminal contempt section of S. 1 punishes one who "misbehaves in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The statute does not offer any further guide to judicial discretion....

...indictment." Id. There was no judge present in our case. Contempt has also been defined as misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, or the misbehavior or disobedience to any of the lawful orders...