Carter v. State

I agree with the solicitor-general that the power of a superior court to define and classify contempts of court is not limited by the Code, § 24-105, which reads in part as follows: “The powers of the several [constitutional] courts to issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for contempt of court shall extend only to cases of misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of said courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice.” Cobb v. State, 187 Ga. 448 (200 S. E. 796, 121 A. L. R. 210). The contrary ruling in Townsend v. State, 54 Ga. App. 627 (188 S.…