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Recommendation: "That the process of subpoena or any other process of the court should never be used to secure preferential admission of any person or spectator; that such abuse of process be punished as contempt...
Perfect example of the art which grew up in Mediterranean sunlight and in contempt of all barbarians North, East and South (see above) is the art of fresco painting. On the island of Crete and in Egypt as early as 2,900 B. C. artists were already masters in the technique of mixing sand, lime and water to form a smooth wall covering, painting it while still wet with wet pigments in extremely delicate and elaborate designs. From that day to this, however, the skill of the fresco painter has depended largely on his speed, because the time limit...
...other two parties to the dispute, the Board's decision left the third party clearly on the spot. If National Electric's President William Christopher Robinson obeyed the Board, he would defy the bench. If he obeyed the bench, he would defy the Board. For either-contempt of court or "unfair labor practice"-he may go to jail. This was a dilemma which all the ripe experience of President Robinson's 70 years could not resolve, and he swiftly sought counsel of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Three years ago, a 29-year-old member of Lawyer Hall's staff named Jack Irwin successfully prosecuted two Los Angeles doctors for violation of Federal antinarcotic legislation. The doctors were convicted. Their lawyer, R. Dean Warner, was cited for contempt of court. Dean Warner is a member of the Los Angeles firm of McAdoo, Neblett & Warner, whose senior partner is California's Senator William Gibbs McAdoo. Last week, Attorney Hall claimed that his ousting as U. S. District Attorney had been prompted by Senator McAdoo's political pique. He said that at the time...
...eight years and being reversed only 18 times. Once, while a lynch mob was besieging a jail, he tucked his night shirt into his trousers, hurried to the scene, announced: "This court is now in session. Anyone who violates the court's orders will be sentenced for contempt." When he ordered the crowd to disperse it meekly obeyed...