...do the lawful act thus prohibited, and he is guilty of contempt of court; not the contempt of court "committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere with the administration of justice," but "indirect contempt" — which in this case is the...

...them takes away from the courts the power to . punish for contempts ? These bills all contemplate that contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice or disobedience of an order of the court by any of the officers of the...

...complained of Is also ai in the ordinary .sonso, and not interfering with the power to deal summarily with contempts committed in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administra tion of Justice, nor purporting to extend to cases uf fallu:1 or refusal to comply with...

...take the case on error to the higher courts and meanwhile may be admitted to bail. If the contempt is committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice or if the contempt be in a suit prosecuted in the name of the United...

...NJL 403; Hurley v. Com., 188 Mass. 143, 74 NE 677. Where statute authorized contempt for misbehavior in the presence of the court "or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice," this reached, in contempt an attempt to corruptly influence a juror,...

...No reason has been assigned for this distinction, and we know of none. Section 268d provides: That nothing herein contained shall be construed to relate to contempts committed in disobedience o_f any lawful writ, processj order, rule, decree, or command entered in any suit or action...

...powers of the Federal courts to three classes of cases: (1) Those where there has been misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to interfere with the orderly performance of its duties; (2) where there • : has been misbehavior by...

...The bill applies only to district courts of the United States, but not to any contempt committed "111 the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice," nor to any contempt committed in any action in which the United States is the plaintiff. If convicted, the...

...Provided such should not be the case in any action to which the United States was a party, nor should it relate to contempts "committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which...

...meant that the right to trial by jury for a contempt is not intended to apply where the contempt is "committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." The gentleman is evidently under the impression that this restriction...