State ex rel. Attorney General v. Circuit Court for Eau Claire County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
PROHIBITION to the circuit court for Eau Claire county: W. F. Bailey, Circuit Judge. This was an action of prohibition commenced by the issuance of an alternative writ out of this court on the 3d day of April, 1897, upon motion of the Attorney General, based upon the sworn petition or complaint of Messrs. AsJibaugh and Poo-little.
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PROHIBITION to the circuit court for Eau Claire county: W. F. Bailey, Circuit Judge. This was an action of prohibition commenced by the issuance of an alternative writ out of this court on the 3d day of April, 1897, upon motion of the Attorney General, based upon the sworn petition or complaint of Messrs. AsJibaugh and Poo-little. The object of the action was to prohibit the further-prosecution in the circuit court for Eau Claire county of certain proceedings then pending therein, wherein AsJibaugh and PooUttle were charged with having committed a criminal contempt of said court, and were…
1Opinion of the Court
The decision was announced April 13, 1897, and the following opinion was filed September 21, 1897:
Winslow, J.
The importance of the questions arising in this case, and the imperative necessity of a wise and just decision, can hardly be overestimated. These questions involve *7not only the right of a court to- enforce due respect for its -authority, and punish acts which tend to diminish such proper respect and interfere with the performance of its important public duties, but they involve as well the preservation of personal liberty as against summary imprisonment, the right •of free speech, the…
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