People Ex Rel. Barnes v. . Court of Sessions
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the general court of the supreme court in the third judicial department, 1894, which affirmed, on certiorari, a, judgment of the court of sessions of the county of Albany adjudging relators guilty of a criminal contempt, and dismissed the writ of certiorari.
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Appeal from order of the general court of the supreme court in the third judicial department, 1894, which affirmed, on certiorari, a, judgment of the court of sessions of the county of Albany adjudging relators guilty of a criminal contempt, and dismissed the writ of certiorari. The mandate of commitment, or final order entered in the proceeding in the court of sessions, was as follows: “ On the 12th day of May, 1894, the matter again came before us, on all the papers in the proceeding, the parties appeared in person and by counsel and after hearing Matthew Hale, Esq., of counsel for the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
It is charged that on the morning of April 12th, 1894, the relators, as the editors and publishers of the Albany „Morning Express, published in that paper two articles, one in the editorial column, entitled “ The disgrace of Clute,” and the other in the news column, entitled “His action needs explanation.” That these articles reflected seriously upon the motives and action of the judge presiding at the court of sessions, and that they amounted to a criminal contempt. The editorial proceeds as follows: “ County Judge Jacob H. Clute added to his unsavory notoriety yesterday by assigning Arthur…
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