In re Brule
District Court, D. Nevada
D. N. Brule was brought before the court upon a rule to show cause why he" should not be punished for contempt. The rule to show cause was issued upon an affidavit, duly filed, charging that Brule, on the 10th and 11th days of November, 1895, while the cause .of The United States v. James Heney was pending under indictment, and set for trial November 11th, knowing that one Joseph Langevin was a material and important witness for the United States in the Heney case, and that…
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D. N. Brule was brought before the court upon a rule to show cause why he" should not be punished for contempt. The rule to show cause was issued upon an affidavit, duly filed, charging that Brule, on the 10th and 11th days of November, 1895, while the cause .of The United States v. James Heney was pending under indictment, and set for trial November 11th, knowing that one Joseph Langevin was a material and important witness for the United States in the Heney case, and that he would be subpoenaed by the government, did induce, persuade, and procure the said Joseph Langevin to avoid the…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(orally, after stating the facts as above). Several objections are urged to the jurisdiction of the court:
1. It is contended that preventing the attendance of a person not subposnaed as a witness is not a contempt of court. This construction of the statute is too strained and technical to be sustained. The statute applies to all cases, where a person who it is known will *945be a witness at the trial is solicited and bribed to hide, or to absent himself from the place of trial, or to secrete himself so that he cannot be subpoenaed, and any person so persuading, inducing, and bribing hi*n is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- SavinSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- CuddySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- State v. KeyesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1836
- United States v. AnonymousUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
- Sharon v. HillUnited States Circuit Court · 1885
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Byron G. Smith v. Allan L. Robbins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Fisher v. McDanielWyoming Supreme Court · 1901
- Ex parte McLeodDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1903
- United States v. Toledo Newspaper Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1915
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