Word: contempts
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Still determined to find out who "One Who Believes in Honest Government" was, the Legislature decided to have Editor Armentrout tried before the Lobbying Committee on a charge of contempt. If convicted, he can be sentenced by the State Legislature to a maximum of six months in jail, fined...
...conducted, served an ultimatum on George Douglas, attorney for Mrs. Millen, and professor at the Suffolk Law School. Brown delivered the notice that anyone connected with the publication of the story--provided that after the ultimatum the Record's feet were not frostbitten--would be hailed into court for contempt. This judgment was rendered on the point that publication of such an article would be the same as allowing a witness to testify in public before the case had come to trial...
...articles have appeared and one man's guess concerning the outcome is as good as another's. One thing is certain. There is no appeal from a sentence for contempt of court, and if the penalty is inflicted, the Record's now famous ghost writer will be given a chance to get his information first-hand...
...simpering smile one inference can be drawn, but if she shrinks back in obvious horror you might draw another inference altogether. I doubt if it is libel to say a woman was raped, because the usual definition of libel is something holding a person up to ridicule, hatred or contempt...
...testify against himself. We must strengthen the police and prosecution by giving them means of making criminals talk. In England, as soon as a man is arrested, he is brought before a judge, and forced to testify. If he refuses, he is thrown into prison for contempt of court. Some such system here would help to avoid errors...