Coolidge v. People

The plaintiffs in error as defendants below were adjudged guilty of contempt of court, in that they corruptly approached and attempted to bribe certain witnesses for the people to testify falsely in a criminal case then pending in the district court of the City and County of Denver. Counsel for the defendants recognize the settled doctrine of this court to be that, in the review of judgments in contempt, this court gobs no farther than to inquire if the court pronouncing sentence had jurisdiction of the parties and of the offense charged. Notwithstanding this concession of counsel they have…