Ex parte McLeod
District Court, N.D. Alabama
On Rule to Show Cause against Punishment for Contempt. A. N. McLeod was indicted on the 15th of March, 1902, under section 5399 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3656]. The indictment charged, in substance, that McLeod, after examination, upon a charge of violating section 5440 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp.
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On Rule to Show Cause against Punishment for Contempt. A. N. McLeod was indicted on the 15th of March, 1902, under section 5399 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3656]. The indictment charged, in substance, that McLeod, after examination, upon a charge of violating section 5440 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], before Commissioner Randolph, was on the 20th day of June, 1900, held to answer before the next-circuit and district courts of the United States for this division and district, and that on the 30th day of October, 1900, McLeod, “well knowing that…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The evil example of the offender, and the improper inferences the lawless may draw from the inability to punish him by indictment, make it a duty to inquire whether the assault upon the commissioner because of past discharge of duty constitutes a contempt of the authority of the court, which should be punished, to prevent a repetition of such offenses in the future. A right understanding of the things which lie at the root of this matter is so vital to the good of society that full discussion cannot be out of place.
Civilized society abhors the arbitrament…
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