Baker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Courts. Contempt. Before Judge Neel. City court of Cartersville. September term, 1888. The rule against Baker was as follows : It appearing to the court that the case- of- Graham- & Graham vs. Thos.
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Courts. Contempt. Before Judge Neel. City court of Cartersville. September term, 1888. The rule against Baker was as follows : It appearing to the court that the case- of- Graham- & Graham vs. Thos. H. Baker, pending in said court (the city court of Cartersville) was subject to be called on the morning of the 14th of September, 1888, for trial; and that just before the meeting of the court, and in the courtroom, said Baker was discussing, in'the presence of the court and jurors, before whom the cause would be tried, if tried, the said cause and the plaintiffs thereto, greatly to the prejudice…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The official report of the facts is prefixed to this" opinion. The constitution of the State provides that the power of the courts to punish for contempts shall be limited by legislative acts. This provision has heen *780in every constitution which, the State has adopted since that of 1861, and was in that also. The statute on the subject (code, §4711) is similar to the act of Congress passed in 1881.- It declares that “The power of the several courts of law'and equity in this State to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for con-tempts of court, shall not…
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