State v. Soulé
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Ow Saturday, the 6th of July, 1844, the following order was entered, by direction of the court, on the minutes of its proceedings : It is ordered by the court, that an attachment issue, directed to the sheriff of the parish of Orleans, commanding him to attach and bring before this court, on Tuesday next, the 9th of the present month of July, at ten o’clock A. M., the body of Pierre Soldé, one of the attorneys and counsellors of this court, to answer for a contempt of this…
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Ow Saturday, the 6th of July, 1844, the following order was entered, by direction of the court, on the minutes of its proceedings : It is ordered by the court, that an attachment issue, directed to the sheriff of the parish of Orleans, commanding him to attach and bring before this court, on Tuesday next, the 9th of the present month of July, at ten o’clock A. M., the body of Pierre Soldé, one of the attorneys and counsellors of this court, to answer for a contempt of this court and its authority, by addressing to it, in his petition for a re-hearing, filed in open court, on the 3d day of…
1Opinion of the CourtGabxand, J.
The defendant, one of the members of the bar of this court, being brought into court to answer for a contempt of its authority and dignity, commences by a protest against his being arrested without a previous hearing, and in the absence of any cause to justify it. He also refuses to answer the interrogatories propounded to him by the court, as he says there is no rule of law which justifies such a proceeding; and that if there be, he is protected by that provision of the constitution which says, that no one, in a criminal prosecution, “shall be compelled to give' evidence against himself.” He…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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