In re Chartz
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding for contempt against Alfred Chartz. Defendant found guilty. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. I hope that I feel the duties of my office as an attorney-at-law, and at all times obey the orders and decrees of the court, and act gentlemanly and respectfully, and that my personality will never be considered in my contentions, but that the courts will at all times see only the rights and wrongs of the cases before them. II.
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Original proceeding for contempt against Alfred Chartz. Defendant found guilty. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. I hope that I feel the duties of my office as an attorney-at-law, and at all times obey the orders and decrees of the court, and act gentlemanly and respectfully, and that my personality will never be considered in my contentions, but that the courts will at all times see only the rights and wrongs of the cases before them. II. I have not "back-bitten” in the slightest degree, and am willing to be brought face to face with any one who may have reported that I ever…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court-,
Talbot, J.:
Respondent was commanded to show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt for having, as an attorney of record in the Matter of the Application of Peter Kair for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed in this court a petition for rehearing in which he made use of the following statement:
"In my opinion the decisions favoring the power of the state to limit the hours of labor, on the ground of the police power of the state, are all wrong, and written by men who have never performed manual labor, or by politicians and for politics. They do not know what they wrote…
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