Pace v. State

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). In Ex parte Robinson, 19 Wall. 505, Mr. Justice Field, speaking for the Supreme Count of the United States, said:

“The power to punish for contempts is inherent in all courts; its existence is essential to the preservation of order in judicial proceedings, and to the enforcement of the judgments', orders, and writs of the courts, amd consequently to the due administration of justice.”

This view has been adopted by this court in Turk and Wallen v. State, 123 Ark. 341, 185 S. W. 472, and Weldon v. State, 150 Ark. 407, 234 S. W. 466, 18 A. L. R. 202.

In the…