State ex inf. the Attorney General v. Hildreth
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information presented by tbe Attorney General to tbe Supreme Court for Orleans County at its May Term, 1909, asking that the respondent be cited to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of said Court. Heard on demurrer to the information. Demurrer overruled, and the respondent adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and fined.
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Information presented by tbe Attorney General to tbe Supreme Court for Orleans County at its May Term, 1909, asking that the respondent be cited to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of said Court. Heard on demurrer to the information. Demurrer overruled, and the respondent adjudged guilty of contempt of court, and fined. The power to punish as for a criminal contempt is inherent in the Court as well after a ease is finally disposed of as where it is still pending. Slate v. Morrill, 16 Ark. 384; Com. v. Dandridge, 2 Va. 409; In re Chadwick, 109 Mich. 588, 67 N. W. 1070; In…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is an information presented to this Court by the Attorney General ex mero motu, asking that the respondent be cited to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for defaming the Court in an article that he wrote and published in his own newspaper of and concerning a certain decision that the Court had recently announced that finally determined the ease in which it was rendered. The respondent was cited and appeared.
The article entirely misconceived and misstated the ground and reason of the decision, and the respondent did not claim that it was not defamatory, as it most…
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