United States v. Barrett
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Proceeding by the United States against Frank H. Barrett and Charles D. Reid for contempt. Information was filed herein as follows: In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northeastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia.
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Proceeding by the United States against Frank H. Barrett and Charles D. Reid for contempt. Information was filed herein as follows: In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northeastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia. To the Honorable Emory Speer, One of the Judges of the United States, Holding and Presiding in said Circuit Court': • Arthur H. Codington, Assistant Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia, who for -the said United States in this behalf prosecutes, comes in person into said Circuit Court, on this the eleventh day of April, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, District Judge
(orally). I am frank to say that I was very much shocked by this incident. Our courts in this district have been for so many years conducted with such decorum and decency that the occurrences of yesterday were abnormal, and distressing to the presiding judge, exceedingly so. On reflection, counsel, and the public generally, will see how true and justifiable is such emotion in the breast of a judge.who is anxious' to do his duty; and surely I can claim that much for myself.
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