United States v. Shipp
Supreme Court of the United States
INFORMATION IN CONTEMPT. The facts are stated in the opinion. There is no right to a trial by jury in contempt cases! Eilen-b'ecker v. Plymouth County, 134 U. S. 31; Ex parte Terry, 128 U. S. 289; Ex parte Savin, 131 U. S. 267; Esparte Cuddy, 131 U. S. 280; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U. S. 447, 489; In re.Debs, 158 U. S. 564. The Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the Johnson case, and this court had jurisdiction on appeal.
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INFORMATION IN CONTEMPT. The facts are stated in the opinion. There is no right to a trial by jury in contempt cases! Eilen-b'ecker v. Plymouth County, 134 U. S. 31; Ex parte Terry, 128 U. S. 289; Ex parte Savin, 131 U. S. 267; Esparte Cuddy, 131 U. S. 280; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U. S. 447, 489; In re.Debs, 158 U. S. 564. The Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the Johnson case, and this court had jurisdiction on appeal. Sec. 753, Rev. Stat.; Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241; In re Terry, 128 U. S.-289; In re-Lo'iieyJ 134 U. S. 372; In re Neagle, 135 U. S. 1; In re Wood,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an information charging a contempt of this court and is to the following effect. On February 11, 1906, one Johnson, a colored man, was convicted of rape upon a white woman, in a criminal court of Hamilton County, in the State. of Tennessee, and was sentenced, to death. On March 3 he presented, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the United States Circuit Court, setting up, among other things, that all Negroes. had been excluded, illegally, from- the .grand and petit juries; that his counsel had been deterréd from pleading that fact or challenging the. array on that ground,.and…
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