HOLMES, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
A consideration of the general principles applicable to criminal contempt is necessary to a legal analysis of the facts.
The power of courts under the ancient common law to punish for contempt was dealt with so far as the federal courts are concerned by the Act of March 2, 1831, 4 Stat. 487, which is now section 268 of the Judicial Code (28 USCA § 385), the pertinent provisions of which are as...
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