Ex Parte Wheeler

BOULDIN, Justice.

“Every court has power — 1. To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence. * * * 4. To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its officers, and all other persons connected with a judicial proceeding before it, in every matter appertaining thereto.” Code, § 8576 (4631).

For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred by the above section, the court may punish for contempt. Code, § 8579 (4632).

The power to “inflict summary punishment for contempts” extends to “1. Disrespectful,' contemptuous, or insolent behavior in court, tending in anywise to diminish…