...argument that, under no view of the facts, could the misbehavior of Cuddy be deemed to have occurred in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct 1he administration of justice, and therefore his offense, if punishable at all, was punishable...

...adequate punishment as such. Section 725 of the Revised Statutes limits contempt to cases of misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice. It is claimed that the law needed for appellee's case can be...

...relation to contempts in the federal courts, providing that no person shall be punished for a contempt not committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct it, without a trial by jury, and the right to appeal to the Supreme Court ; and continued...

...attachments for •contempts, and punish them summarily, only in the cases following: "First, misbehavior in the presence of the •court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice. "Secondly, violence or threats of violence to...

...common law. It is practically conceded, if not in so many words, that the attempt to bribe a witness in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to interrupt its orderly procedure, would amount to a contempt of court. In respect, therefore, to the...

...court of the District of 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,...

...conferring power upon the Federal courts to punish for contempt. First, because the alleged contempt was not committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; second, it was not a misbehavior of any officer of Judge Swayne's...

...court shall have a jury trial, if the act charged against him constituted a crime, and unless it is committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice. It is generally satisfactory to organized labor, and is one...

...attachments for contempt and punish them summarily only in the cases following: "First. Misbehavior in the presence of the Court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice. "Second. Violence or threats of violence to a...

...courts are given power to punish for contempt, the latter, however, being strictly denned as misbehavior in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of the court in their...