Ex Parte Robinson
Supreme Court of the United States
On petition by J. S. Robinson, an attorney at law, fo’r mandamus to the judge of the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, the case being thus: On the 16th of July, 1873, the grand jury of the Western District of Arkansas reported to the District Court of the United States for the district, then in session at Fort Smith, that in a case in which a certain Nash was a party, they had made' every effort in their power to have a witness by the name of Silas…
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On petition by J. S. Robinson, an attorney at law, fo’r mandamus to the judge of the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, the case being thus: On the 16th of July, 1873, the grand jury of the Western District of Arkansas reported to the District Court of the United States for the district, then in session at Fort Smith, that in a case in which a certain Nash was a party, they had made' every effort in their power to have a witness by the name of Silas Stephenson summoned to appear before them; that for this purpose a subposna for him had been placed the day previous in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The power to punish for contempts is inherent in all courts; its existence is essential to the preservation of order injudicial proceedings, and to the enforcement of the judgments, orders, and writs of the courts, and consequently to the due administration of justice. The moment the'courts of the United States were called into existence and invested with jurisdiction over any subject, they became possessed of this power. But the power has been limited and defined by the act of Congress of March 2d, 1831. ‡ The act, in terms, applies to all courts; whether it can be held to limit the…
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