Bloom v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of Conejos County. To a judgment of the district court of Conejos county sentencing him to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of thirty days for a contempt of court, John H. Bloom prosecutes this writ of error. This proceeding, instituted by the district attorney in the name of the people of the state of Colorado, is founded upon an information verified by said officer.
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Error to the District Court of Conejos County. To a judgment of the district court of Conejos county sentencing him to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of thirty days for a contempt of court, John H. Bloom prosecutes this writ of error. This proceeding, instituted by the district attorney in the name of the people of the state of Colorado, is founded upon an information verified by said officer. It charges that the defendant John H. Bloom wrote, published and circulated in different issues of his newspaper various false and defamatory articles impeaching the honor, integrity and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
Every legal proposition involved in this case has been determined against the plaintiff in error by previous decisions of this court. It is stare decisis in this state that in the review of a judgment in a contempt case the only question that can be investigated is the jurisdiction of the lower court. People v. District Court, 6 Colo. 534; Teller v. The People, 7 Colo. 451; Cooper v. The People, 13 Colo. 337; Thomas v. The People, 14 Colo. 254; Mullin v. The People, 15 Colo. 437 ; Wyatt v. The People, 17 Colo. 252. See notes to Percival v. State, 50 Am. St. Rep. 568. See, also, Burke v.…
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