Independent Pub. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Proceeding for criminal contempt against the Independent Publishing Company ánd Will A. Campbell. From the judgment respondents bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Proceeding for criminal contempt against the Independent Publishing Company ánd Will A. Campbell. From the judgment respondents bring error. Information charging the Independent Publishing Company and Will A. Campbell, its managing editor, with misbehavior in obstructing the administration of justice in publishing matter concerning and prejudicial to the defendant then on trial. From a judgment holding respondents to be guilty of contempt of court, as allege*} in the information, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It was admitted by the plaintiffs in error in their answer to the information charging them with contempt that the article in question was not based upon the evidence introduced upon the trial of the case; and it was not denied that the publication contained facts relating to the past life of the defendant, highly prejudicial to him, and when read by the jury tended to bias and prejudice them against the defendant and prevent them from giving him a fair and impartial trial; and it is not denied that the publication obstructed the progress of the cause on…
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