Jones v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Albert Charles Jones was convicted of 'contempt of court in committing alleged perjury on his examination to qualify himself as surety on the bail bond of one Johnson, and he brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Albert Charles Jones was convicted of 'contempt of court in committing alleged perjury on his examination to qualify himself as surety on the bail bond of one Johnson, and he brings error. This matter is before us on writ of error based upon the judgment of the District Court committing plaintiff in error, hereinafter termed “respondent,” to prison for alleged contempt of court, in that he tendered himself on November S, 1912, to said court as a surety…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] Under' the authorities, the present contempt proceeding, having been entitled as such and brought here on writ of error and being entirely punitive in its character, is criminal in its nature, and respondent was clothed with the presumptions that obtain in a criminal prosecution. He was presumed innocent until that presumption was overcome and his guilt established beyond a reasonable doubt. Gompers v. Buck’s Stove & Range Co, 221 U. S. 418, 31 Sup. Ct. 492, 55 L. Ed. 797, 34 *588L. R. A. (N. S.) 874; Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, 6 Sup. Ct. 524, 29…
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- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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- Provident Life & Trust Co. v. Mercer CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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